Timeline for Shouldn't the comma be omitted? And is this sentence consistent in the tense?
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| Oct 5, 2015 at 23:40 | comment | added | 오준수 | You was like "laughing modifies the verb shook" then it might not be a participle clause about two actions happen at the same time. And u also said " the tense of "laughing as a man laughs.." has nothing to do with main clause "prince andrew shook his hand" then could you tell me what kind of non-abbreviated form would it be? I mean,this part "shook his hand,laughing.." | |
| Oct 5, 2015 at 23:31 | comment | added | 오준수 | Did you get my point? I want a NON-ABBREVIATED form of it.. and I guess it would be like"prince andrew,shook his hand,when he laughed as a man laughs who looks at .....blablabla" right?. If I am right, why author place a comma. I mean ,if this participle clause usage follows the MOTH example logic I made,then the comma should be dropped. | |
| Oct 5, 2015 at 23:28 | comment | added | 오준수 | I still don't get "laughing"part..and you don't give a explicit expression to " Is(shook his hand, laughing ..) a participle clause about one actions that happens at the same time with another action in the past". And if so. Comma is not optional.. take a look at these two examples I made. "Moth swings the wings emerging from the cocoon" equals "emerging from the cocoon,moth swings the wings" the first one has no comma with it,but if I wanna place a comma,then I need to change the order so as to write more formal. | |
| Oct 5, 2015 at 21:34 | history | answered | Gary Botnovcan | CC BY-SA 3.0 |