Kuo Jhong
A Grammar Problem Ms.Lin's class used to be a headach because the students were disrespectful to each other. ____ her efforts to build team spirit proved fruitless, she decided to try something new..... What is the blank should be filled? A.With B.As C.Despite D.Since Answer: A But isn't "with" a preposition? Why it can be followed with "proved",a verb?
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I have looked again,and "A" is the right answer. But my teacher say, "A.B.D can all be the answer."
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Actually, it is "A". "Proved" works as a participle here (the past participle of "prove" can be either "proved" or "proven").
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"A" is correct. This is very advanced English, and you will have to learn these structures. You can't just second guess your way through an advanced grammar test.
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This one is difficult. With her efforts to build team spirit proved fruitless = With her efforts to build a team having been proved fruitless = Once her efforts to build team spirit were proved fruitless. I would have stated it the second way. You can see that the phrasing in the question is confusing. You see that construct "with + <subject> + + <adjective> " in written English, but almost never spoken.
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Look again: 'A' can't be the right answer. Maybe you're reading the answers to another exercise?
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