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baedaebok
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 Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2014 7:05 pm Post subject: "wanting" is OK grammar? |
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Why is "wanting" in this sentence OK......?
"My mom is waiting for me in the other room, wanting to be involved."
I can't figure this grammar out!!! |
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Hokie21
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| Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2014 7:45 pm Post subject: |
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| Why doesn't it sound correct to you? What would you change about it? |
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caniff
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| Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2014 8:49 pm Post subject: |
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I'd say it sounds more literary or formal than conversational, but other than that it's grammatically correct.
(I take it that English is not the OP's first language, and if so then it's a reasonable question.) |
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Stain
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| Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2014 6:49 am Post subject: |
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| In this case, "wanting to be involved" is a phrase, which should be separated by a comma. Another way of wording this sentence would be: My mother, wanting to be involved, is waiting for me in the other room. |
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Hokie21
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| Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2014 7:50 am Post subject: |
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| caniff wrote: |
I'd say it sounds more literary or formal than conversational, but other than that it's grammatically correct.
(I take it that English is not the OP's first language, and if so then it's a reasonable question.) |
A very reasonable question. |
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nate1983
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| Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2014 9:19 am Post subject: |
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| For some reason when I saw the topic title the other meaning of wanting came into my head, as in "There's nothing wanting on my end." |
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The Cosmic Hum
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Location: Sonic Space
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| Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2014 2:21 pm Post subject: Re: "wanting" is OK grammar? |
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| baedaebok wrote: |
Why is "wanting" in this sentence OK......?
"My mom is waiting for me in the other room, wanting to be involved."
I can't figure this grammar out!!! |
Why?
Good question.
See if this helps.
As Stain mentioned in his post, 'wanting to be involved' is a phrase.
To be more specific,
wanting to be involved - is a reduced participial phrase.
To see how that works, take a look at this expanded version.
My mom, who wants to be involved, is waiting for me in the other room.
who wants to be involved - is a non-restrictive relative clause.
Many clauses can be reduced to phrases.
In this case, drop the subordinator 'who' and use the participial form of want - add 'ing'.
In your example, the participial phrase has been added to the end of the sentence for dramatic effect/stress.
Hope this helps.
Last edited by The Cosmic Hum on Mon Mar 03, 2014 9:43 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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wings
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| Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2014 6:24 pm Post subject: |
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My mom, who wants to be involved, is waiting for me in the other room.
who wants to be involved - is a noun clause.
Many clauses can be reduced to phrases.
In this case, drop the subordinator 'who' and use the participial form of want - add 'ing'. |
In this sentence "who wants to be involved" is a non-essential adjective clause, not a noun clause. |
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The Cosmic Hum
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| Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2014 9:41 pm Post subject: |
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| wings wrote: |
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My mom, who wants to be involved, is waiting for me in the other room.
who wants to be involved - is a noun clause.
Many clauses can be reduced to phrases.
In this case, drop the subordinator 'who' and use the participial form of want - add 'ing'. |
In this sentence "who wants to be involved" is a non-essential adjective clause, not a noun clause. |
lol...
Quite right.
Typed that out too quickly.
who wants to be involved - non-restrictive relative clause
Thanks wings.
Cheers. |
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