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22 Oct 2020, 22:43
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So I came across this question earlier today, and while I was able to answer it correctly, I got too hung up on the grammer here.
So bear with me for a minute ..
If I am not wrong, 'While' is a subordinate conjunction and should be accompanied by a subject and a verb in the dependent clause (I believe because of ellipsis, subject & verb can be ommitted if they are implied).
So the correct answer for the question above is C,
I am not able to understand how is ellipsis coming into picture here. From what I can see while is followed by 'protecting' which is not a gerund I believe and not a participle. So what part of speech is it?
I would appreciate if any of the recognized experts here could weigh in on this topic. I am sure I am missing something.
Thanks a lot! and I hope you are staying safe!
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23 Oct 2020, 15:03
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Might be easier to not go down such a theoretical method in SC.
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Not exactly ellipsis iamdivs but this is (what's called as) verbless clause.
For example:
Although tired, Peter still finished the race.
Again, you would notice that while although is a subordinating conjunction, it is not followed by a verb (tired is used as a past participle here by the way, and not as a verb).
So, the way to interpret this is:
Although (he was) tired, Peter still finished the race.
In this case, the sentence is:
Alexander Hamilton in 1792 advocated government policies that would encourage indigenous manufacturing while protecting it from competition from British exports.
So, the way to interpret this is:
Alexander Hamilton in 1792 advocated government policies that would encourage indigenous manufacturing while (government policies are/were) protecting indigenous manufacturing from competition from British exports.
Note that for the most part, the implied verb in verbless clause is a form of to be verb, while the implied subject is generally the subject of the main clause.
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