What is the meaning of masu-stem + proposition


Example sentence:

> オオカミのことばに **従い** 、 森に行った。

What is the meaning of this construction? Does it have a special meaning?




A bare ます-stem can be used to join sentences together, much like the て-form.
Another valid way to render this sentence would be as follows:

> オオカミのことばに従って、森に行った。

In both cases it translates to "In accordance with the wolf's words, [I] went
to the woods."




A bare ます-stem can be used to join sentences together, much like the て-form.
Another valid way to render this sentence would be as follows:

> オオカミのことばに従って、森に行った。

In both cases it translates to "In accordance with the wolf's words, [I] went
to the woods."

