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Nocy Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

combining vs combined

0 //To see so much power combining with such lack of foresight is really disquieting for us Europeans.// 02br
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00my teacher said " this sentence is ungrammatical sentence. 02br
00in this sentence, 'combinig' is wrong. 'combined' is right. "02br
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00but, why?? why is 'combining' wrong??02br
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00ex) Hydrogen combines with oxygen to form water. 02br
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00it's totally grammatical sentence. if so, why is 'combining' wrong in that sentence?? 02br
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00in my opinion, if ' Hydrogen combines with oxygen to form water.' is no problem, 02br
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00 'To see so much power combining with such lack of foresight is really disquieting for us Europeans.' should be right.02br
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00teach me please / 0-
  

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0Your teacher is right. 02br 02br 00 "Combined" is an adjective and bears a perfect meaning: the process of combining is complete and out of focus. Only the result (the two objects combined) matters.

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0Your teacher is right. Power and lack of foresight are not elements of the Mendeleev table 05002br
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00 Using "combining" would move the reader's attention toward the very process of combining, which is certainly not what you want to express.02br
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00 "Combined" is an adjective and bears a perfect meaning: the process of combining is comple
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0 Teacher's right. -ing forms make a process real, developing right then. 02br
00A very possible reading of 01b00your 02b00sentence is:02br
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01i00To see so much power 01b00(that is) combining right now02b00 with such lack of foresight is really disquieting for us Europeans.02i02br
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