Viceidol Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
He, being ill, could not attend the meeting.
0 Hello,everyone 02 br
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00 One of my grammar says "participle phrase" can't be placed after personal pronoun. Is that really true? For example: 02 br
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00 He, 01 b 00 being ill 02 b 00 , could not attend the meeting. 02 br
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00 Is this sentence wrong? The book says it should be: 02 br
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01 b 00 Being ill 02 b 00 , could not attend the meeting. 02 br
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00 But I saw another grammar book didn't care about the rule, and it gives this example: 02 br
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00 I, 01 b 00 having written an important letter 02 b 00 , listened to the music for a while. 02 br
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00 May I ask if I can put "participle phrase" after the personal pronoun, like what it shows in above examples? Thank you very much for your reply. 0-
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00 One of my grammar says "participle phrase" can't be placed after personal pronoun. Is that really true? For example: 02 br
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00 He, 01 b 00 being ill 02 b 00 , could not attend the meeting. 02 br
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00 Is this sentence wrong? The book says it should be: 02 br
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01 b 00 Being ill 02 b 00 , could not attend the meeting. 02 br
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00 But I saw another grammar book didn't care about the rule, and it gives this example: 02 br
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00 I, 01 b 00 having written an important letter 02 b 00 , listened to the music for a while. 02 br
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00 May I ask if I can put "participle phrase" after the personal pronoun, like what it shows in above examples? Thank you very much for your reply. 0-
Top answer
0 Hi, 02 br 02 br 00 You can put it after, but most commonly we put it before. 02 br 02 br 00 It's a matter of style. 02 br 02 br 00 Best wishes, Clive 0-
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0 Hi, 02 br
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00 You can put it after, but most commonly we put it before. 02 br
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00 It's a matter of style. Putting it after sounds rather literary. 02 br
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00 Best wishes, Clive 0-
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00 You can put it after, but most commonly we put it before. 02 br
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00 It's a matter of style. Putting it after sounds rather literary. 02 br
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00 Best wishes, Clive 0-
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0 Thank you for your reply! 02 br
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00 By the way, I missed an "I" in this sentence in my original post: 01 b 00 Being ill 02 b 00 , I could not attend the meeting. 0-
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00 By the way, I missed an "I" in this sentence in my original post: 01 b 00 Being ill 02 b 00 , I could not attend the meeting. 0-
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is it right?saying" i could not attend meeting " after we miss our meeting which is scheduled yesterday? if s ,how should we say that ,in which style?
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ViceidolMay I ask if I can put "participle phrase" after the personal pronoun, lYou can, but it sounds a little stilted.
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