Timeline for What is this ‘-ing’ structure?
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| Sep 2, 2012 at 21:05 | history | edited | James Waldby - jwpat7 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
add -ing in title
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| Sep 2, 2012 at 20:42 | history | edited | James Waldby - jwpat7 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
remove thanks, fix quote marks
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| Aug 9, 2012 at 12:26 | history | edited | JSBձոգչ |
edited tags
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| Aug 8, 2012 at 20:10 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackEnglish/status/233294094510718976 | ||
| Aug 8, 2012 at 19:35 | comment | added | bib | While your first example is not confusing, some would suggest that you phrase it "The Bactrian Camel, having thick fur . . ., is well adapted . . . ." This would avoid any suggestion that the having phrase is a misplaced modifier, incorrectly referring to Mongolia. | |
| Aug 8, 2012 at 19:03 | comment | added | RegDwigнt | Two easy steps for future reference. Having: "present participle of have"; participle: "a word that shares some characteristics of both verbs and adjectives. It can be used in compound verb tenses or voices (periphrasis), or as a modifier. A phrase composed of a participle and other words is a participle phrase." Cheers. | |
| Aug 8, 2012 at 18:57 | vote | accept | EnglishAsASecondLanguage | ||
| Aug 8, 2012 at 18:53 | comment | added | Luke_0 | I'm trying to think how we can clarify the title so it is obvious from looking at it what the question is about. As far as grammatical mistakes, I can find none. You have very good English. | |
| Aug 8, 2012 at 18:48 | answer | added | tchrist♦ | timeline score: 6 | |
| Aug 8, 2012 at 18:42 | history | asked | EnglishAsASecondLanguage | CC BY-SA 3.0 |