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Fri 16 Jun, 2017 07:29 pm
In the sentence "We got directions from the girl talking on the phone," is "from the girl talking on the phone" a prepositional phrase with "the girl talking on the phone" a gerund phrase? Or is it a dependent clause?
@InfraBlue,
Hi Blue -- my guess is a dependent clause?
@Clubbeaux,
For it to be a dependent clause, "from the girl talking on the phone" would have to contain the subject of the sentence. Since the subject is "we," it is not a dependent clause.
@Clubbeaux,
"The girl talking on the phone," is not a gerund phrase because, in this sentence, "talking" is a present participle not a gerund.
@InfraBlue,
Ah. Got it, thanks for your help.
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