Newcomer's here and like most other users my desire to find out more about English grammar, as in their usage and structure, brought me here. I'm looking forward to working with you all in the future, cheers.
This is what my friend asked me and he gave out the following examples:
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Depending on what Duncan decides, Pau Gasol could be the answer for the Spurs.
Kremlin: Russia will ease sanctions on Turkey depending on talks outcome
Now I know that you are supposed to use the present participle form here, any other form just sound strange, but the thing is, I don't know how to explain the word placement, because that phrase is so commonly used, we sort of using it without questioning its property.So is the phrase depending on modify and if it modify a whole sentence, what should we called it and why must it be in the present participle form, grammatically speaking of course.
And correct me if I'm wrong but on the following phrase:
If viewed from the distance, the mountain is beautiful.
the subject of the word viewed is also the mountain, right?