Difference between the meaning of “noun which verb” and “noun verb ing”
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What is the difference between the meaning of "Health centers which conduct free medical check-ups..." and "Health centers conducting free medical check-ups..."?
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For example:
What is the difference between the meaning of "Health centers which conduct free medical check-ups..." and "Health centers conducting free medical check-ups..."?
Thank you in advance.
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For example:
What is the difference between the meaning of "Health centers which conduct free medical check-ups..." and "Health centers conducting free medical check-ups..."?
Thank you in advance.
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For example:
What is the difference between the meaning of "Health centers which conduct free medical check-ups..." and "Health centers conducting free medical check-ups..."?
Thank you in advance.
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Jo Makintash
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[1] Health centers [which conduct free medical check-ups].
[2] Health centers [conducting free medical check-ups].
The difference is mainly a syntactic one.
Gerund-participial and past participial clauses as modifiers in NP structure are semantically similar to relative clauses. Leaving aside the progressive aspectuality in [2], the two constructions have similar meanings, though the subordinate modifying clauses are different.
In [1] the bracketed constituent belongs to the class of integrated relative clauses while that in [2] is a non-finite clause -- more specifically a gerund-participial clause.
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The difference in meaning is?
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He said they are similar in meaning.
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Both sentences have the same meaning, but they differ structurally.
The first one is a complex sentence with a relative clause /starting with 'which'/. The second one is a simple sentence with an attribute /expressed by a participal construction/.
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user307254
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I wouldn't go along with that. "Conducting free medical check-ups" is a subordinate non-finite clause and hence the second example is also a complex one.
– BillJ
2 days ago
I agree, there are two approaches to the status of the clause. I follow the one, according to which the clause consists of the subject and the predicate /finite verb/. The second one is accepted in the sense of the so called 'secondary predication'.
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[1] Health centers [which conduct free medical check-ups].
[2] Health centers [conducting free medical check-ups].
The difference is mainly a syntactic one.
Gerund-participial and past participial clauses as modifiers in NP structure are semantically similar to relative clauses. Leaving aside the progressive aspectuality in [2], the two constructions have similar meanings, though the subordinate modifying clauses are different.
In [1] the bracketed constituent belongs to the class of integrated relative clauses while that in [2] is a non-finite clause -- more specifically a gerund-participial clause.
answered yesterday
BillJ
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The difference in meaning is?
– Kris
yesterday
He said they are similar in meaning.
– Jo Makintash
yesterday
add a comment |
up vote
-1
down vote
accepted
[1] Health centers [which conduct free medical check-ups].
[2] Health centers [conducting free medical check-ups].
The difference is mainly a syntactic one.
Gerund-participial and past participial clauses as modifiers in NP structure are semantically similar to relative clauses. Leaving aside the progressive aspectuality in [2], the two constructions have similar meanings, though the subordinate modifying clauses are different.
In [1] the bracketed constituent belongs to the class of integrated relative clauses while that in [2] is a non-finite clause -- more specifically a gerund-participial clause.
answered yesterday
BillJ
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The difference in meaning is?
– Kris
yesterday
He said they are similar in meaning.
– Jo Makintash
yesterday
add a comment |
up vote
-1
down vote
accepted
up vote
-1
down vote
accepted
[1] Health centers [which conduct free medical check-ups].
[2] Health centers [conducting free medical check-ups].
The difference is mainly a syntactic one.
Gerund-participial and past participial clauses as modifiers in NP structure are semantically similar to relative clauses. Leaving aside the progressive aspectuality in [2], the two constructions have similar meanings, though the subordinate modifying clauses are different.
In [1] the bracketed constituent belongs to the class of integrated relative clauses while that in [2] is a non-finite clause -- more specifically a gerund-participial clause.
answered yesterday
BillJ
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[1] Health centers [which conduct free medical check-ups].
[2] Health centers [conducting free medical check-ups].
The difference is mainly a syntactic one.
Gerund-participial and past participial clauses as modifiers in NP structure are semantically similar to relative clauses. Leaving aside the progressive aspectuality in [2], the two constructions have similar meanings, though the subordinate modifying clauses are different.
In [1] the bracketed constituent belongs to the class of integrated relative clauses while that in [2] is a non-finite clause -- more specifically a gerund-participial clause.
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BillJ
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BillJ
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BillJ
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3,9601913
The difference in meaning is?
– Kris
yesterday
He said they are similar in meaning.
– Jo Makintash
yesterday
add a comment |
The difference in meaning is?
– Kris
yesterday
He said they are similar in meaning.
– Jo Makintash
yesterday
The difference in meaning is?
– Kris
yesterday
The difference in meaning is?
– Kris
yesterday
He said they are similar in meaning.
– Jo Makintash
yesterday
He said they are similar in meaning.
– Jo Makintash
yesterday
add a comment |
up vote
1
down vote
Both sentences have the same meaning, but they differ structurally.
The first one is a complex sentence with a relative clause /starting with 'which'/. The second one is a simple sentence with an attribute /expressed by a participal construction/.
answered 2 days ago
user307254
1935
I wouldn't go along with that. "Conducting free medical check-ups" is a subordinate non-finite clause and hence the second example is also a complex one.
– BillJ
2 days ago
I agree, there are two approaches to the status of the clause. I follow the one, according to which the clause consists of the subject and the predicate /finite verb/. The second one is accepted in the sense of the so called 'secondary predication'.
– user307254
yesterday
add a comment |
up vote
1
down vote
Both sentences have the same meaning, but they differ structurally.
The first one is a complex sentence with a relative clause /starting with 'which'/. The second one is a simple sentence with an attribute /expressed by a participal construction/.
answered 2 days ago
user307254
1935
I wouldn't go along with that. "Conducting free medical check-ups" is a subordinate non-finite clause and hence the second example is also a complex one.
– BillJ
2 days ago
I agree, there are two approaches to the status of the clause. I follow the one, according to which the clause consists of the subject and the predicate /finite verb/. The second one is accepted in the sense of the so called 'secondary predication'.
– user307254
yesterday
add a comment |
up vote
1
down vote
up vote
1
down vote
Both sentences have the same meaning, but they differ structurally.
The first one is a complex sentence with a relative clause /starting with 'which'/. The second one is a simple sentence with an attribute /expressed by a participal construction/.
answered 2 days ago
user307254
1935
Both sentences have the same meaning, but they differ structurally.
The first one is a complex sentence with a relative clause /starting with 'which'/. The second one is a simple sentence with an attribute /expressed by a participal construction/.
answered 2 days ago
user307254
1935
answered 2 days ago
user307254
1935
answered 2 days ago
user307254
1935
answered 2 days ago
user307254
1935
1935
I wouldn't go along with that. "Conducting free medical check-ups" is a subordinate non-finite clause and hence the second example is also a complex one.
– BillJ
2 days ago
I agree, there are two approaches to the status of the clause. I follow the one, according to which the clause consists of the subject and the predicate /finite verb/. The second one is accepted in the sense of the so called 'secondary predication'.
– user307254
yesterday
add a comment |
I wouldn't go along with that. "Conducting free medical check-ups" is a subordinate non-finite clause and hence the second example is also a complex one.
– BillJ
2 days ago
I agree, there are two approaches to the status of the clause. I follow the one, according to which the clause consists of the subject and the predicate /finite verb/. The second one is accepted in the sense of the so called 'secondary predication'.
– user307254
yesterday
I wouldn't go along with that. "Conducting free medical check-ups" is a subordinate non-finite clause and hence the second example is also a complex one.
– BillJ
2 days ago
I wouldn't go along with that. "Conducting free medical check-ups" is a subordinate non-finite clause and hence the second example is also a complex one.
– BillJ
2 days ago
I agree, there are two approaches to the status of the clause. I follow the one, according to which the clause consists of the subject and the predicate /finite verb/. The second one is accepted in the sense of the so called 'secondary predication'.
– user307254
yesterday
I agree, there are two approaches to the status of the clause. I follow the one, according to which the clause consists of the subject and the predicate /finite verb/. The second one is accepted in the sense of the so called 'secondary predication'.
– user307254
yesterday
add a comment |
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