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Present passive or present simple with participle phrase [duplicate]
Could you please explain grammar of the first part of the following sentence?
It is designed for the development of large applications and transpiles to JavaScript.
I guess this is present simple ...
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Is participle clause commonly used in spoken English?
I have never heard a native speaker use sentence with participle clause such as ‘Thinking about her past, she cried bitterly.’; ‘Bitten by a snake, she died.’ in their day-to-day conversation although ...
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Which one I should use? Infinitive or present participle?
Which sentence is grammatically correct?
I think it is good for students to have cellphones.
I think having cellphones is good for students.
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Present participle, gerund, or modifier
Which one of the following is right?
1) I am a doctor working in a hospital.
2) I am, a doctor, working in a hospital.
3) I am a doctor, working in a hospital.
Does "working" modify "doctor" in ...
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“my email ID has changed” vs “my emil ID is/has been changed”
I want to ask one thing. Sometimes we hear people say
my email ID has changed.
As per my understanding present perfect tenses need a subject which is missing above.
I find these sentences little ...
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"A lengthy accounting of what took place" vs. "a lengthy account of what took place"
I proof read a letter for a friend today. The body of the letter explained various situations over a 2 day period that made her uneasy. In her closing she wrote "I know this has been a very lengthy ...
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connection between a participial phrase and the main clause
A coworker wrote the following sentence, but I wonder what connection there is between the -ing phrase and the main clause:
John lived on takeaway food -- regularly discarding the packaging on the ...
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Passive and past tense
I have to write an abstract which present my research and results.
Do you think the following sentences are right in terms of tense and using of passive together?
1."It has been observed that the ...
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When is "loved" a past participle and when is it simple past?
Some one asked this question:
He is loved.
This is something that I've always kind of wondered.
In a sentence like this, is loved a verb or an adjective? Can it be considered either?
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Can a past participle phrase stand at the end of a sentence?
For a present participle phrase, I've seen:
Seeking advice from the pros, she visited the website.
She visited the website, seeking advice from the pros.
For a past participle phrase, I've seen:
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"Connection to/with the server was/has been lost"
Which one is correct?
Connection to the server was lost.
Connection to the server has been lost.
Also, should to or with be used with server?
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