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toffaha
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help needed please
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Can you help me please choose the right alternative and the reasons for the choice :
The sentence is about child labour .
They wander homeless in the streets of Naples and khartoum and New York City, (survive / surviving / survived ) by begging and thieving. |
16 Dec 2014
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Gi2gi
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The right choice would be surviving. In this case the present participle is used as an alternative to a say "while they are surviving" / "as they survive". Likewise, we could paraphrase the sentence I was strolling along the street, whistling happily like this I was strolling along the street and I was whistling happily.
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16 Dec 2014
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each1teach1vi
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They wander homelessly (adverb) and surviving is the correct verb |
16 Dec 2014
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kuka242
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surviving is the correct option :) |
17 Dec 2014
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