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As the boy tames the wild bird, it evokes pleasure in him away from his hardship in society; the bird is bettering us here.
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gerund or present participle: bettering
improve on or surpass (an existing or previous level or achievement).
Bird (animal) substituting human failure: that is what it means.
Can this clause be reduced as the bird bettering us here and use a comma instead of a semi-colon.
Or is that wrong.
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As the boy tames the wild bird, it evokes pleasure in him away from his hardship in society; the bird is bettering us here.
verb
gerund or present participle: bettering
improve on or surpass (an existing or previous level or achievement).
Bird (animal) substituting human failure: that is what it means.
Can this clause be reduced as the bird bettering us here and use a comma instead of a semi-colon.
Or is that wrong.
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I'm not sure what you mean by 'the bird is bettering us'.
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As the boy tames the wild bird, it evokes pleasure in him away from his hardship in society; the bird is bettering us here.
verb
gerund or present participle: bettering
improve on or surpass (an existing or previous level or achievement).
Bird (animal) substituting human failure: that is what it means.
Can this clause be reduced as the bird bettering us here and use a comma instead of a semi-colon.
Or is that wrong.
american-english british-english
asked Nov 8 at 14:16
bluebell1
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As the boy tames the wild bird, it evokes pleasure in him away from his hardship in society; the bird is bettering us here.
verb
gerund or present participle: bettering
improve on or surpass (an existing or previous level or achievement).
Bird (animal) substituting human failure: that is what it means.
Can this clause be reduced as the bird bettering us here and use a comma instead of a semi-colon.
Or is that wrong.
american-english british-english
american-english british-english
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I'm not sure what you mean by 'the bird is bettering us'.
– Kate Bunting
Nov 8 at 16:47
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I'm not sure what you mean by 'the bird is bettering us'.
– Kate Bunting
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I'm not sure what you mean by 'the bird is bettering us'.
– Kate Bunting
Nov 8 at 16:47
I'm not sure what you mean by 'the bird is bettering us'.
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By "bettering" it is meant that the presence of the bird is improving us. It does this by distracting the boy from his current hardships.
If you were to say "..the bird 'Betters' us" it might be similar but seems tortured and may not be understood
From Wiki; "A gerund is the present participle of a verb..."
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By "bettering" it is meant that the presence of the bird is improving us. It does this by distracting the boy from his current hardships.
If you were to say "..the bird 'Betters' us" it might be similar but seems tortured and may not be understood
From Wiki; "A gerund is the present participle of a verb..."
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By "bettering" it is meant that the presence of the bird is improving us. It does this by distracting the boy from his current hardships.
If you were to say "..the bird 'Betters' us" it might be similar but seems tortured and may not be understood
From Wiki; "A gerund is the present participle of a verb..."
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By "bettering" it is meant that the presence of the bird is improving us. It does this by distracting the boy from his current hardships.
If you were to say "..the bird 'Betters' us" it might be similar but seems tortured and may not be understood
From Wiki; "A gerund is the present participle of a verb..."
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By "bettering" it is meant that the presence of the bird is improving us. It does this by distracting the boy from his current hardships.
If you were to say "..the bird 'Betters' us" it might be similar but seems tortured and may not be understood
From Wiki; "A gerund is the present participle of a verb..."
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I'm not sure what you mean by 'the bird is bettering us'.
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Nov 8 at 16:47