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greenbow43
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 Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2005 8:23 pm Post subject: why use participial phrase in this sentence? |
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In 1791 Robert Carter III, one of the wealthiest plantation owners in Virginia, stunned his family, friends, and neighbors by filing a deed of emancipa�tion, setting free the more than 500 slaves who were legally considered his property.
can i change the sentence as follows:
In 1791 Robert Carter III, one of the wealthiest plantation owners in Virginia, stunned his family, friends, and neighbors by filing a deed of emancipa�tion, and set free the more than 500 slaves who were legally considered his property
do i change the meaning??? |
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Kristea
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Location: Minneapolis, MN USA
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| Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2005 3:54 pm Post subject: Re: why use participial phrase in this sentence? |
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| greenbow43 wrote: |
In 1791 Robert Carter III, one of the wealthiest plantation owners in Virginia, stunned his family, friends, and neighbors by filing a deed of emancipa�tion, setting free the more than 500 slaves who were legally considered his property.
can i change the sentence as follows:
In 1791 Robert Carter III, one of the wealthiest plantation owners in Virginia, stunned his family, friends, and neighbors by filing a deed of emancipa�tion, and set free the more than 500 slaves who were legally considered his property
do i change the meaning??? |
The meaning does change with the "and set free" added. The original context ties the filing with the freeing tightly. (They would not have been free without the signing of the papers. By saying "and set free" it makes the two events less closely tied - related but there is now a possiblity that the two events are independant of each other which is not the orginial, and histroical, context.
Hope that helps - Kristi
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greenbow43
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thank you so much |
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