Timeline for Should it be a Gerund Modifying the Verb or a Past-Tense Verb?
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| Aug 24, 2020 at 19:07 | vote | accept | Eric | ||
| Aug 24, 2020 at 17:06 | comment | added | user120390 | Sorry, I moved the comment to the other thread. Never mind! Many thanks, Sir @BillJ :) | |
| Aug 24, 2020 at 17:04 | comment | added | BillJ | @Userabc Here's a PDF link to one of the best books available.You should be able to download it and save it, which will save you about £24 link | |
| Aug 24, 2020 at 16:54 | comment | added | BillJ | @Userabc Yes, they are wrong. "Hearing" is a gerund participle heading the clause "hearing the noise", which is a supplementary adjunct, not a modifier of "boy". | |
| Aug 24, 2020 at 16:43 | comment | added | user120390 | But as per traditional grammars, in the sentence "Hearing the noise, the boy woke up", 'hearing' is a participle because it modifies the noun 'boy'. Are they wrong then? @BillJ? | |
| Aug 24, 2020 at 16:28 | comment | added | BillJ | @Userabc "People [living near the incident will have to evacuated]". The bracketed gerund-participial clause modifies "people". | |
| Aug 24, 2020 at 16:21 | comment | added | user120390 | Oh! Could you please give a example where the gerund-participial clause modifies the noun @BillJ? | |
| Aug 24, 2020 at 16:19 | comment | added | BillJ | No, I'm afraid not. It will still be a supplementary adjunct, a non-modifying element. | |
| Aug 24, 2020 at 16:13 | comment | added | user120390 | @BillJ: If I write "Realising the parent's weakness, the child started...", the part of the sentence before the comma is a gerund-participial clause but modifying " the child" this time. Am I right? | |
| Aug 24, 2020 at 16:09 | answer | added | Kam | timeline score: 0 | |
| Aug 24, 2020 at 15:57 | comment | added | rjpond | "Realizing" and "having realized" both work. The former gives a greater sense of immediacy. | |
| Aug 24, 2020 at 15:31 | comment | added | BillJ | It's a gerund-participial clause, but it's not a modifier of "the child". It's a supplement, a loosely attached expression presenting supplementary content. | |
| Aug 24, 2020 at 14:47 | answer | added | Colin Fine | timeline score: 1 | |
| Aug 24, 2020 at 14:23 | history | asked | Eric | CC BY-SA 4.0 |