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Grammar and Linguistics > Use of -ing
Use of -ing
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katring89
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Use of -ing
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It is said that Japan �s rate of 65-year-olds will keep growing, reaching a peak of about 27 percent in 2040.
My students don �t understand why we write "reaching" in this sentence. They want to write "reaches" since it refers to the rate. I have difficulties explaining it to them. Can anyone think of the grammatical function of the -ing verb in this sentence? Thank you. |
19 Oct 2017
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maryse pey�
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You can think : It is said that Japan �s rate of 68-year-olds will keep growing, (and then it is predictable that it will be) reaching a peak of about 27% in 2040.
That way REACHING is part of a non-written future -ing.
Does this help a little ? |
19 Oct 2017
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Gi2gi
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The sentence is an example of the Present Participle being used to express an action that is the result of another action. � You meet this kind of structure fairly often, especially in formal / written language, I could think of a few examples for you: � The tsunami hit the island, destroying all the houses . The company went bankrupt, leaving 30 people unemployed. The stranger kept staring at me, making me wonder whether I had met her before.� � � Hope this helps a little. � Giorgi� �
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19 Oct 2017
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Maryamsh
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Grammar for Writing: parallelism with gerunds and infinitives. A list of Items should either be all gerunds or all infinitives. Here after keep we use gerund (keep growing, reaching)
Hope this helps a little |
19 Oct 2017
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