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These two sentences have got grammar mistakes but I don't know where they are.

  1. Upon going out side, a coat was given to me by my mom. (Is it because the subject cannot be changed from I to a coat?)

  2. As soon as going outside, I put on my jacket. (I know as soon as is a conjunction, but I don't see any wrong with this sentence.)

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  • Why do you think there are mistakes in these sentences?
    – John Lawler
    Dec 15, 2020 at 17:38

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Upon going out side, a coat was given to me by my mom. (Is it because the subject cannot be changed from I to a coat?)

It's in the passive form, but the only mistake I can see is 'out side' which should be 'outside.'

If you want to write it in active form...

After going outside, my mom gave me a coat.

Coming to the second example...

As soon as going outside, I put on my jacket. (I know as soon as is a conjunction, but I don't see any wrong with this sentence.)

Here you didn't mention who's going outside because it requires to be mentioned either before or after 'as soon as.' Also, it's not an ongoing action, so you can't use 'as soon as' with 'going.'

I put on my jacket as soon as I went outside.

As soon as I walked outside, I put on my jacket.

These two are possible alternatives.

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  • Hi VKBoy, thanks for your prompt reply. I thought the sentence 2 is using a participial construction? In this case, is it still wrong?
    – user408562
    Dec 15, 2020 at 7:57
  • You can use 'as soon as' and 'going' because it means an going process. You can say as soon as I 'went 'outside. When something happened, you say something else happens using 'as soon as.'
    – VKBoy
    Dec 15, 2020 at 8:01
  • Ah i got it. Thanks for your great help!
    – user408562
    Dec 15, 2020 at 8:15

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