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6. I think I might have it. Can anyone confirm? Thanks.

Reply to SupportSanity (Original post)

Sun Feb 2, 2025, 12:41 PM

Feb 2

"Starving Artists"

In the first interpretation:
"Starving" would be a participle acting as an adjective modifying a noun?
And the noun would be "Artists"?
but this looks more like the first interpretation.

the second interpretation implies
(the act of) starving artists

so what would be "starving" grammatically here?

Thanks.

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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

If "starving artists" means the act of causing artists to go hungry, Ocelot II Feb 2 #3

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