Abbas Rajabpour Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Grammatical role

When explorers arrive in a new place, they log on their social networking site using a satellite phone.


What is the grammatical function of "using " in this sentence?
Why is it in " ing " form, is it part of the word(like beginning as a noun)?

  

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Abbas Rajabpour When explorers arrive in a new place, they log on their social networking site using a satellite phone. What is the grammatical function of "using " in this sentence? Why is it in " ing " form, is it part of the word(like beginning as a noun)?

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Abbas Rajabpour

When explorers arrive in a new place, they log on their social networking site using a satellite phone.


What is the grammatical function of "using " in this sentence?
Why is it in " ing " form, is it part of the word(like beginning as a noun)?

"using" is the present participle form of the verb "use".