Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Reduction?
Hi teachers
Look at the sentence below please. Is this reduction is true? (In spite of doing...)
In spite of composing countless large-scale stage works, Carl Orff’s fame rests almost entirely on just one, the hugely successful Carmina Burana.
Who composed composed countless large-scale stage works? Carl Off's fame or Carl Off himself?
thanks
Look at the sentence below please. Is this reduction is true? (In spite of doing...)
In spite of composing countless large-scale stage works, Carl Orff’s fame rests almost entirely on just one, the hugely successful Carmina Burana.
Who composed composed countless large-scale stage works? Carl Off's fame or Carl Off himself?
thanks
Top answer
It's a faulty construction, implying, as you suggest, that Carl Orff's fame composed countless large-scale stage works. " or something like that.
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It's a faulty construction, implying, as you suggest, that Carl Orff's fame composed countless large-scale stage works. It should say "Despite the fact that he composed..." or something like that.
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