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Without knowing the content of the lecture, she did not attend the meeting.
"Since she knew what the lecture was about" in the first sentence is replaced by the participle phrase "Knowing what the lecture was about" in the second sentence."Knowing" is the present participle of the verb "to know". Here it works like an adjective describing "she". She was a "knowing" woman. She was a "knowing-what-the-lecture-was-about" kind of woman.
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Since she knew what the lecture was about she didn't attend the meeting.A. the compound predicate:knew what the lecture was about*didn't attend the meetingD. The sentence does contain two noun phrases (a group of words based on a noun that functions as a noun in a sentence):the lecturethe meeting*Note: The verb 'was' is part of the dependent clause 'what the lecture was about', not a predicate of the sentence.
present simple - I attend university every day. present continuous - I am attending a lecture on ergonomics. (For future add time phrase like next week) past simple - I attended university yesterday. past continuous - I was attending a lecture last week when I lost my wallet. will future - I will attend the lecture with you. going to future - I am going to attend your lecture next week.
It is for people not be able to attend the meeting
Peter And her will go to the meeting this afternoon.
Neither is correct. The personal pronoun 'her' is the objective form and can't be used as a subject of a sentence. The subject pronoun that takes the place of a noun for a female is 'she'. The correct sentences are:She and Peter will attend the meeting this afternoon.Peter and she will attend the meeting this afternoon.Example sentences using the pronoun 'her' as the object are:The meeting will be attended by Peter and her.The meeting will be attended by her and Peter.
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Hmm, let me see. "Will you attend the wedding this afternoon?" "I have to attend an important meeting soon."
I will attend the meeting as soon as I finish this spreadsheet. The hotel assigned a concierge to attend to our needs.
The professor gave his last lecture that night. She received quite a lecture from her mother when she came in late.