Two coordinated verbs with a gerund, or three coordinated verbs?

Writing about bananas, my student Lyn described how the fungus FOC kills banana plants: It "SPREADS through soil and REPRODUCES within the plant’s vascular system, gradually BLOCKING water and nutrients until it starves to death" (capitalization added). The two conjugated verbs with coordination followed by a gerund (spreads and

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#conjugation : the act of uniting or combining

- French: conjugaison

- German: die Konjugation

- Italian: coniugazione

- Portuguese: conjugação

- Spanish: conjugación

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Just had a small argument with an AI (an LLM) over the Early Modern English (Shakespeare's English) use of singular verb conjugation with the singular: "they."

ex: "There’s not a man I meet but doth salute me" - The Comedy of Errors, Act 4, scene 3

I won the argument, both because I was right, and because the AI doesn't understand anything. 😜

Good times getting into my #acting #coaching client's material.

#language #Shakespeare #conjugation #actors #ActingCoach #ActingCoaching

#conjugation : the act of uniting or combining

- French: conjugaison

- German: die Konjugation

- Italian: coniugazione

- Portuguese: conjugação

- Spanish: conjugación

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Bacterial Genetic Transfer Made Easy: Transformation, Conjugation, Transduction & Transposition Explained

Learn the key bacterial genetic exchange mechanisms — transformation, conjugation (F+ and Hfr), transduction (generalized and specialized), and transposition — with clear examples and interactive matching activity for USMLE and microbiology exams.

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#conjugation : the act of uniting or combining

- French: conjugaison

- German: die Konjugation

- Italian: coniugazione

- Portuguese: conjugação

- Spanish: conjugación

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#conjugation : the act of uniting or combining

- French: conjugaison

- German: die Konjugation

- Italian: coniugazione

- Portuguese: conjugação

- Spanish: conjugación

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Extra Chromosomal Genetic Element (Plasmid)

#Conjugation, #GeneTransfer, #GeneralizedTransduction, #Plasmid, #SpecializedTransduction, #Transduction, #Transformation #Genetics In addition to the normal DNA some bacteria also have extra chromosomal DNA (i.e. DNA other then present in chromosomes)…. Medical Microbiology & Recombinant DNA Technology (RDT) Labs | Read More -

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Extra Chromosomal Genetic Element (Plasmid)

#Conjugation, #GeneTransfer, #GeneralizedTransduction, #Plasmid, #SpecializedTransduction, #Transduction, #Transformation #Genetics In addition to the normal DNA some bacteria also have extra chrom…

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Conjugation: Definition And Process

#Conjugation, #FFactor, #FertilityFactor #Genetics Conjugation is one of the method of gene transfer among bacteria. Obviously once we are taking about transfer of gene…. Medical Microbiology & Recombinant DNA Technology (RDT) Labs | Read More -

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Conjugation: Definition And Process

#Conjugation, #FFactor, #FertilityFactor #Genetics Conjugation is one of the method of gene transfer among bacteria. Obviously once we are taking about transfer of gene…. Medical Microbiology &…

Medical Microbiology & RDT Labs