At a wildlife rescue center, the team is discussing the release of rescued turtles. One draft reads: “The team…

Questão

At a wildlife rescue center, the team is discussing the release of rescued turtles. One draft reads: “The team discussed releasing the rescued turtles at dusk.” The team now wants the sentence to foreground the turtles as the ones affected by the action, while keeping the idea of discussion and the time reference. Como a frase deve ser reformulada para pôr as tartarugas em foco por meio de um gerúndio passivo, e que efeito essa mudança produz?

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Resposta esperada

The team discussed the rescued turtles being released at dusk. A construção com “being” e particípio passado põe as tartarugas em foco como afetadas pela ação, sem alterar o sentido de discussão.

Explicação

Na construção passiva de gerúndio, “being” é seguido pelo particípio passado “released”. O grupo nominal “the rescued turtles” passa a ocupar o foco da ação, enquanto o sentido de que a equipe discutiu a soltura é preservado.

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