Questions tagged [participle-clauses]
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"...probably knew the answer judging by..." Is this grammatically correct?
Example:
"What do you think about my house?" Tommy asked, who probably knew the
answer judging by my open mouth.
...who probably knew the answer judging by... has only one Google result. So I wonder whether it's grammatical.
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How do we determine which person the participle clause is talking about?
I caught him while investigating. (here the investigator is me)
I caught him while playing video games. (here it was him who was playing video games.)However, It could mean you were playing video games while catching him.
so, my question is that…
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and fixed himself a cup of coffee = fixing himself a cup of coffee?
Can "and fixed" be changed into "fixing" in the following sentence? If not, why?
John got up at 7:30 and fixed himself a cup of coffee.
John got up at 7:30, fixing himself a cup of coffee.
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"Not being good at swimming, he didn't like it." Could we omit the word "being" here?
Not being good at swimming, he didn't like it.
Could we omit the word "being" here?
Not good at swimming, he didn't like it.
Which one is grammatically correct?
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Non-finite clauses?
I put the question mark in the title, as I'm not entirely sure that's the correct term for the phenomenon I'd like to ask about.
I'd like to know if there's anything wrong - semantically, idiomatically and so on - in the following utterances:
A)…
Bebop B.
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What is the logical subject of the adverbial "with his gun aiming at David"?
I'm confused about a mulitple-choice question:
He didn't answer, with his gun __________ at David.
a. aims
b. to aim
c. aiming
d. being aimed
My first reaction was that the gun was aimed at David, which pushed me to choose D. However, the correct…
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Is 'The driver was standing by the car smoking a cigarette ' a reduced participle clause?
OP: The driver was standing by the car smoking a cigarette as they emerged from the house.
In the sentence above, may I change it into "The driver was standing by the car and was smoking a cigarette as they emerged from the house." without…
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"Opening the file, John called David" or "John, opening the file, called David."?
"Opening the file, John called David."
If we assume that the above sentence means 'after opening the file, John called David', can I give the same meaning by using the following sentence?
"John, opening the file, called David."
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"When they had made themselves comfortable, a stranger appeared looking very angry." Why 'looking'?
When they had made themselves comfortable, a stranger appeared looking very angry.
May you help me why it uses looking in the sentence?
Why not use 'looked'?
How to comprehend the word 'looking'?
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Use of conjunctive adverb with participle clause
I have written a sentence by using participle clause
Any contribution cannot be erased from the mind, therefore being essential for being successful
But my teacher is saying that "therefore being essential for being successful" is not correct.
I…
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Understanding absolute construction
I've read in http://profrajappansblog.blogspot.co.ke/2010/10/participial-construction-absolute.html?m=1
It says that absolute construction makes use of absolute phrase. Here, absolute means 'independent' or 'not-related". The subject is always…
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Missing words after commas in these sentences?
In the following sentence, why did they use "thinking" after the comma? Is a word omitted after the comma?
I waited for two months, thinking that it would be bad time for him.
Should it be something like "I waited for two months and now I am…
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Present participle clause as object of a preposition
Can I use an -ing clause in this case?
A and B complement each other well, A having an extensive knowledge in the biological side of the project while B being focused on the geographical aspects.
I hope it is clear what I am trying to say. A and B…
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May I say "The client sent me a letter >asking< to [do something]"?
Can I say:
The client sent me a letter asking if we could change the information for them.
or should it be:
The client sent me a letter and asked if we could change the information for him.
I'm confused with the first one, why past tense can be…
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What is/are the possible (adverbial) conjunction(s) for the target participle expression?
Is the italicized part a participle? And what is its corresponding conjunction?
I feel like the participle here serves to add background or supplementary information to the subject in the main clauses. But I am sure which subordinator or…
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