Can a predicative complement be expressed by an ing-form?
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This books can be regarded as following in the footsteps of such an
epic as War and Peace.
Is the sentence correct? Does the bold phrase (ing-form) function as a predicative complement here?
grammar ing predicative-complement
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This books can be regarded as following in the footsteps of such an
epic as War and Peace.
Is the sentence correct? Does the bold phrase (ing-form) function as a predicative complement here?
grammar ing predicative-complement
asked yesterday
Alex Kar-karAlex Kar-kar
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This books is ungrammatical. It should be either these books or this book. With that correction, a more idiomatic phrasing would be: This book can be regarded as following in the footsteps of such epics as War and Peace.
– Jason Bassford
20 hours ago
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This books can be regarded as following in the footsteps of such an
epic as War and Peace.
Is the sentence correct? Does the bold phrase (ing-form) function as a predicative complement here?
grammar ing predicative-complement
asked yesterday
Alex Kar-karAlex Kar-kar
72
This books can be regarded as following in the footsteps of such an
epic as War and Peace.
Is the sentence correct? Does the bold phrase (ing-form) function as a predicative complement here?
grammar ing predicative-complement
grammar ing predicative-complement
asked yesterday
Alex Kar-karAlex Kar-kar
72
asked yesterday
Alex Kar-karAlex Kar-kar
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asked yesterday
Alex Kar-karAlex Kar-kar
72
asked yesterday
Alex Kar-karAlex Kar-kar
72
asked yesterday
Alex Kar-karAlex Kar-kar
72
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This books is ungrammatical. It should be either these books or this book. With that correction, a more idiomatic phrasing would be: This book can be regarded as following in the footsteps of such epics as War and Peace.
– Jason Bassford
20 hours ago
add a comment |
This books is ungrammatical. It should be either these books or this book. With that correction, a more idiomatic phrasing would be: This book can be regarded as following in the footsteps of such epics as War and Peace.
– Jason Bassford
20 hours ago
This books is ungrammatical. It should be either these books or this book. With that correction, a more idiomatic phrasing would be: This book can be regarded as following in the footsteps of such epics as War and Peace.
– Jason Bassford
20 hours ago
This books is ungrammatical. It should be either these books or this book. With that correction, a more idiomatic phrasing would be: This book can be regarded as following in the footsteps of such epics as War and Peace.
– Jason Bassford
20 hours ago
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This books is ungrammatical. It should be either these books or this book. With that correction, a more idiomatic phrasing would be: This book can be regarded as following in the footsteps of such epics as War and Peace.
– Jason Bassford
20 hours ago