Questions tagged [participle-phrases]
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During the tour, you will hear interesting stories about the city, learning (?) about its establishment
I wrote a sentence that was considered awkward by fellow translators, on a couple of counts. I'm singling out one particular word they found awkward:
During the tour, you will hear interesting stories about the city, learning about its…
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Are Participles adjectives or are they both adjectives and adverbs?
My earlier understanding was that Participle phrases act as only adjectives. Many web sources say that way. However, there are many sources which say they act as adjectives and adverbs.
Example: Smiling from ear to ear, Anne opened the present.
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Understanding the Participle I
Good Day!
I've encountered with the following issue:
An example given from Participle I Rule:
"He looked at me knowing that I would win."
In this case the action "knowing" refers to "him", so it's to be understood as:
"He looked at me and he knew…
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are the phrases that begin with "unable" considered participle phrases?
are the phrases that begin with "unable" in these sentences considered something like participle phrases to add extra information to the subject of the main clause?
She fluffed the pillow and changed position, unable to sleep.
We both looked at her…
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"You should help John rather than he helping you."
You should help John rather than he helping you.
I sometimes see this sentence pattern. But I feel like something is missing between "he" and "helping". What is this pattern?
Edit:
I found a sentence in another forum:
Most people want fees for…
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My question is about the words "when" & "while" in the sentences
My question is about the words "when" & "while" in the sentences (when/while doing; when a + noun (instead of "when I was" etc.)).
Could you please explain 2 and let me know if 1, 6, 7 are correct?
When I entered the room / when entering the…
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He ducked behind a tree before being spotted
In the sentence
He ducked behind a tree before being spotted.
has he been spotted?
P.S. Context: The search party was close behind.
P.P.S. Can we know from the sentence, as written, whether he has been spotted?
P.P.P.S. Same question, this…
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Introductory participial phrases
I am a native English speaker and currently work at an English speaking company and interact with English speaking clients. Expressions like this come up extremely often:
Looking at such-and-such, the information is not entirely clear.
As far as I…
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What does 'arranged' modify in this sentence?
This is from a webpage :
A narrow-body aircraft or single-aisle aircraft is an airliner
arranged along a single aisle, permitting up to 6-abreast seating in a
cabin less than 4 metres (13 ft) in width.
I think you arrange not airliners but seating…
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You slept with your mouth open VS with your mouth opened (could be difference?)
You slept with your mouth open
You slept with your mouth opened
Could be difference?
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participial construction usage question - 'although' being omission
Original Text:
Although gamblers are the most prone to this, it equally applies to business during bubbles and to people who gain sudden attention from the public.
If I change the above sentence into the participial construction, is it grammatical…
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Misplaced modifier?
I got this sentence from an CNN interactive magazine:
In 1879, a German engineer, Carl Benz, developed the first internal combistion engine, burning fuel like oil and petrol to power pistons."
The participle phrase ...burning fuel like oil and…
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How to indicate a noun with a participle when there are more than one noun?
A surface effect on a fabric formed by tufts or loops of yarn that stand up from the body of the fabric, is called pile.
Which is formed by tufts or loops? If fabric is formed by tufts and loops, how to rewrite this sentence if I want to indicate…
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"Steering clear" vs "Steered clear" in this participle phrase
This is from the episode 'How We’re Learning To Talk To Animals' of the podcast Stuffyoushouldknow :
Apparently orcas can understand what bottlenose dolphins are saying to
one another. Again, bottlenose dolphin is not trying to communicate
with the…
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"when V-ing" Is it a participle?
Two people gave me an advice to put "when" in a sentence like this:
There are some points to consider (think about) when having a pet.
At first, I didn't put "when" between "consider (think about)" and "having."
I know I can put V-ing phrase as a…
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