I'm confused with these sentences. Can you point out what's wrong and what's correct for me?
- Heard the voice, he responded immediately.
- Hearing the voice, he responded immediately.
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Sign up to join this communityI'm confused with these sentences. Can you point out what's wrong and what's correct for me?
- Heard the voice, he responded immediately.
- Hearing the voice, he responded immediately.
Your #2 example is okay, but #1 needs work:
*Heard the voice, he responded immediately.
"Heard" is either (1) a past tense form ("He heard the voice"), (2) a perfect participle ("He has heard the voice"), or (3) a passive participle ("The voice is heard").
For (1), you need to supply a subject, then use a subordinate conjunction to connect the two clauses:
When he heard the voice, he responded immediately.
For (2), since it's a perfect, "have" must be supplied:
Having heard the voice, he responded immediately.
When he had heard the voice, he responded immediately.
For (3), the passivized object (now a subject) must precede:
When the voice was heard, he responded immediately.
?? The voice heard, he responded immediately.
? The voice having been heard, he responded immediately.
I've given my opinions about the acceptability of the examples with: asterisk for really bad, question mark for a little odd, two question marks for quite odd.