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A new study has shown that millions of pieces of junk floating in space could be a big hazard for satellites orbiting Earth.
Is there an implicit "which is" in front of floating in space? Why is "which is" not written?
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A new study has shown that millions of pieces of junk floating in space could be a big hazard for satellites orbiting Earth.
Is there an implicit "which is" in front of floating in space? Why is "which is" not written?
grammar relative-clauses reduced-relative-clauses
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A new study has shown that millions of pieces of junk floating in space could be a big hazard for satellites orbiting Earth.
Is there an implicit "which is" in front of floating in space? Why is "which is" not written?
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A new study has shown that millions of pieces of junk floating in space could be a big hazard for satellites orbiting Earth.
Is there an implicit "which is" in front of floating in space? Why is "which is" not written?
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grammar relative-clauses reduced-relative-clauses
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This is a reduced relative clause. We delete unnecessary elements of sentences to make them shorter and easier to read. The missing words are which are or that are.
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And the OP's sentence contains a second example.
– Edwin Ashworth
May 6 '13 at 17:19
@EdwinA: +1 It's so natural that it's not even noticeable!
– user21497
May 7 '13 at 0:20
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@EdwinAshworth: Yes, and the last few words of the sentence sound much better than, say, "satellites that orbit the Earth." They're also more concise, and the -ing suffixes "match" each other.
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This is a participle clause performing as a reduced defining relative clause. The verb floating is a present participle, ing form, and replaces the longer and in this case the more awkward which are or that are. It is a defining relative clause as you are clarifying to the reader which junk you are talking about i.e., the junk floating in space, as opposed to the junk lying in your garden.
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This is a reduced relative clause. We delete unnecessary elements of sentences to make them shorter and easier to read. The missing words are which are or that are.
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And the OP's sentence contains a second example.
– Edwin Ashworth
May 6 '13 at 17:19
@EdwinA: +1 It's so natural that it's not even noticeable!
– user21497
May 7 '13 at 0:20
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@EdwinAshworth: Yes, and the last few words of the sentence sound much better than, say, "satellites that orbit the Earth." They're also more concise, and the -ing suffixes "match" each other.
– rhetorician
May 7 '13 at 1:03
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This is a reduced relative clause. We delete unnecessary elements of sentences to make them shorter and easier to read. The missing words are which are or that are.
2
And the OP's sentence contains a second example.
– Edwin Ashworth
May 6 '13 at 17:19
@EdwinA: +1 It's so natural that it's not even noticeable!
– user21497
May 7 '13 at 0:20
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@EdwinAshworth: Yes, and the last few words of the sentence sound much better than, say, "satellites that orbit the Earth." They're also more concise, and the -ing suffixes "match" each other.
– rhetorician
May 7 '13 at 1:03
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This is a reduced relative clause. We delete unnecessary elements of sentences to make them shorter and easier to read. The missing words are which are or that are.
This is a reduced relative clause. We delete unnecessary elements of sentences to make them shorter and easier to read. The missing words are which are or that are.
answered May 6 '13 at 13:54
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And the OP's sentence contains a second example.
– Edwin Ashworth
May 6 '13 at 17:19
@EdwinA: +1 It's so natural that it's not even noticeable!
– user21497
May 7 '13 at 0:20
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@EdwinAshworth: Yes, and the last few words of the sentence sound much better than, say, "satellites that orbit the Earth." They're also more concise, and the -ing suffixes "match" each other.
– rhetorician
May 7 '13 at 1:03
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And the OP's sentence contains a second example.
– Edwin Ashworth
May 6 '13 at 17:19
@EdwinA: +1 It's so natural that it's not even noticeable!
– user21497
May 7 '13 at 0:20
1
@EdwinAshworth: Yes, and the last few words of the sentence sound much better than, say, "satellites that orbit the Earth." They're also more concise, and the -ing suffixes "match" each other.
– rhetorician
May 7 '13 at 1:03
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And the OP's sentence contains a second example.
– Edwin Ashworth
May 6 '13 at 17:19
And the OP's sentence contains a second example.
– Edwin Ashworth
May 6 '13 at 17:19
@EdwinA: +1 It's so natural that it's not even noticeable!
– user21497
May 7 '13 at 0:20
@EdwinA: +1 It's so natural that it's not even noticeable!
– user21497
May 7 '13 at 0:20
1
1
@EdwinAshworth: Yes, and the last few words of the sentence sound much better than, say, "satellites that orbit the Earth." They're also more concise, and the -ing suffixes "match" each other.
– rhetorician
May 7 '13 at 1:03
@EdwinAshworth: Yes, and the last few words of the sentence sound much better than, say, "satellites that orbit the Earth." They're also more concise, and the -ing suffixes "match" each other.
– rhetorician
May 7 '13 at 1:03
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This is a participle clause performing as a reduced defining relative clause. The verb floating is a present participle, ing form, and replaces the longer and in this case the more awkward which are or that are. It is a defining relative clause as you are clarifying to the reader which junk you are talking about i.e., the junk floating in space, as opposed to the junk lying in your garden.
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This is a participle clause performing as a reduced defining relative clause. The verb floating is a present participle, ing form, and replaces the longer and in this case the more awkward which are or that are. It is a defining relative clause as you are clarifying to the reader which junk you are talking about i.e., the junk floating in space, as opposed to the junk lying in your garden.
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This is a participle clause performing as a reduced defining relative clause. The verb floating is a present participle, ing form, and replaces the longer and in this case the more awkward which are or that are. It is a defining relative clause as you are clarifying to the reader which junk you are talking about i.e., the junk floating in space, as opposed to the junk lying in your garden.
answered May 7 '13 at 11:53
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This is a participle clause performing as a reduced defining relative clause. The verb floating is a present participle, ing form, and replaces the longer and in this case the more awkward which are or that are. It is a defining relative clause as you are clarifying to the reader which junk you are talking about i.e., the junk floating in space, as opposed to the junk lying in your garden.
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