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Why in the underlined sentence “is” is placed after “approaching”? Is it correct?
Why in the underlined sentence “is” is placed after “approaching”? Is it correct?
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@Kat-rin the sentence is not about what the train is doing, but about what kind of a train it is. You could divide the sentence like this for better understanding: The train (that is) now approaching, is a District line train...
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You could rewrite that as "The train that is now approaching us, is a District line train to West Ham." I hope this helped clear up the meaning.
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