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[fw]

Hello everyone.

The term �Attendant( or Accompanying) Circumstances� use of the participial construction is applied in grammar books published in Japan for the explanation of the latter halves of the following sentences.
(a) The train starts at two, arriving in London at nine.
(b) He fired, wounding one of the bandits.

My questions:
1. Did you, as a native speaker, learn this term when you were a student?
2. Who, or what book, is or was the well-known grammarian that uses or used this term for English grammar?

Best regards,
Fw

[ebb]

The term �Attendant( or Accompanying) Circumstances� use of the participial construction is applied in grammar books published in Japan

... hmmm.... well, cheap American imports no doubt.. are they reliable?

for the explanation of the latter halves of the following sentences.
(a) The train starts at two, arriving in London at nine.
(b) He fired, wounding one of the bandits.

My questions:
1. Did you, as a native speaker, learn this term when you were a student?

I still am a student, I hope, but as an American lawyer I must confess that I just love "attendant" -- it's arcane, sounds soooo very British and just a tad pretentious, and is somewhat intimidating in correspondence. In short, so many of the vices I adimire.

2. Who, or what book, is or was the well-known grammarian that uses or used this term for English grammar?

hmmmm... was it Elmer Fudd?

............
PS Did you know that "Elmer Fudd" is a language selection in Google search now? I kid you not. You gotta love those guys.
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