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The Writing Centre

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Room 0036 Ottawa, ON
Canada K1N 6N5

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Question:
the student considering everything written on this subject
Answer:
The answer clause is not correct.
Explanation:
Both the word "considering" and the word "written" are participles made out of verbs ("consider" and "write"); in this passage, however, they are acting not as verbs, but as adjectives -- "considering" modifies the noun "student," while "written" modifies the pronoun "everything." Since there is no verb acting as a predicate, this is simply a phrase.
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