What is the difference in meaning between the following sentences ?
please, explain for me the difference in meaning the following sentences :

1- The sleeping child is my brother. ( Sleeping as an adjective )
2- The child sleeping is my brother. ( Sleeping as an adjective ) --- reduced
3- The child who is sleeping is my brother. ( Sleeping as a verb )

Question

What is the difference in meaning between the following sentences ?
please, explain for me the difference in meaning the following sentences :

1- The sleeping child is my brother. ( Sleeping as an adjective )
2- The child sleeping is my brother. ( Sleeping as an adjective ) --- reduced 
3- The child who is sleeping is my brother. ( Sleeping as a verb )

Answer

The grammar is different, as we explained to you in your previous post, but the meaning is the same.

In each case, you are identifying your brother as the sleeping child/the child (who is) sleeping.  Maybe you are looking at several children, but only one of them is sleeping, and that child is your brother.

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