I Believe Stepan12 attached other people's comments to my own. I sought clarity in the definition of participle. RebelTex, I made a statement defining participle. Stepan12 rebuked me for something I did not right. I need no course in reading comprehension...please read my first post and see for yourself.
If this english expert Copperund says the phrase is a present participle that does not restrict the right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed, then that is good enough for me and I'm going with that.
I have the link in one of my earlier posts (from the Second Amendment Sister's board) and I urge everyone to read it!
Post 125 by: Military family member "Please understand, I am not trying t5o (sic) defend the attempt against the Second Amendment rights."
Precisely my point. You are not defending nor supporting the subject of the thread. Instead, you seem obsessed with correctly defining the parts of speech. This might be forgiven in light of your current studies. Your posts, however, seem to be both confrontational and defensive.
Post 41 by: Military family member [a well regulated militia being necessary... is NOT a present participle.
The present participle is a verb form ending in -ing] (confrontational)
You could have been less confrontational by saying in post 41 to Stepan12, for example:
" I understand your point. However, for clarity, the word 'being' in your quote is the present participle, not the entire phrase, although the phrase might be considered a participle phrase."
And in the following, you exhibit defensiveness and soothe your ego while asserting your superiority.
Post 114 by: Military family member "I have a masters in English, and 90 hours toward a doctorate in English." (defensive)
As for your own errors, I assume that they are not a lack of knowledge, but made in haste and failure to proofread. The word 'Believe' should not be capitalized, the word 'right' should be 'write', and the word 'to' does not contain the number 5. (It's now time for the mathematicians and/or numerologists to chime in and prove me wrong, LOL)
Post 114 by: Military family member "I Believe (sic) Stepan12 attached other people's comments to my own. ... Stepan12 rebuked me for something I did not right (sic)."
Post 125 by: Military family member "Please understand, I am not trying t5o (sic) defend the attempt against the Second Amendment rights."
Stepan12, you took the bait and also became defensive.
Post 90 by: Stepan12 "Please, no more incorrect corrections."
So for both of you, my point is this:
Does it really matter whether only the word or the entire phrase is the present participle? Does the meaning of the sentence change by the designation of one or the other? Is it more important to you that one proves superiority over the other in grammar, or that our second amendment right is preserved?
My posts to both of you are not attacks. I am only attempting to point out the folly in the direction of your arguments. It is far more productive to be less confrontational and defensive, and to focus more on the point of the thread. (Hmmm - looks like I need to take my own advice, LOL. My apologies to ALL for inadvertently hijacking the thread.}
;^D
FReegards,
RT