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3. If "starving artists" means the act of causing artists to go hungry,

Sun Feb 2, 2025, 12:25 PM

Feb 2

"starving" is a verb. If it refers to the state of the artists' health, "starving" is an adjective.

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Need help with explaining the grammar of a sentence [View all] SupportSanity Feb 2 OP

Starving artists are artists who are starving. Hope that helps! dchill Feb 2 #1

Well... some_of_us_are_sane Feb 2 #2

I can diagram the sentence for you but not online. mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2 #4

diagram would be great SupportSanity Feb 2 #5

I think I might have it. Can anyone confirm? Thanks. SupportSanity Feb 2 #6

It's a claudette Feb 2 #8

Yes. I got it. Gerund it is. "starving" as a gerund . Thanks. nt SupportSanity Feb 2 #9

I think claudette Feb 2 #7

You sure it's not artists who starve people? Iggo Feb 2 #10

Just a minute, Andy. Just a goddarned minute. GreenWave Feb 2 #11

There are two ways to look at ... SupportSanity Feb 2 #12

You have pointed out that "starving artists" is ambiguous. Jeebo Feb 2 #13