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Role of "making" What is the grammatical role of "making" in this sentence "with complex tasks, the switching delays add up, making multitasking less efficient" ?

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In this case 'making' means: resulting in. The general pattern is...(subject - 'made/making/make' - result/effect). Other examples: I couldn't find my wallet, which made me late. Your bad behaviour is making me angry. The man shouted at us, making my friend cry. If they win this game, they're going to make it into the final. Hope this helps!
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"with complex tasks, the switching delays add up, making multitasking less efficient" The phrase "making multitasking less efficient" is a participial phrase which acts as an adverb describing the result of "the switching delays add up." More information here: https://www.thoughtco.com/what-is-a-participial-phrase-1691588 [excerpt] In the next sentence, the participial phrase includes a present participle (making), an object (a great ring), and a prepositional phrase (of white light): Jenny waved the flashlight over her head, making a great ring of white light.
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Rendering it less efficient. آن را کم کارآمد تر کنید

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