Questions tagged [participles]
For questions about the form of a verb that usually ends in "ed" or "ing" and is used as an adjective.
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“covering an area of 6000 square metres.”
I came across this introductory text of the Terracotta Army and found the bold part a bit weird, can you use the participle “covering” that way?
It reads better, to me, if I rephrase it to “This pit, ...
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What parts of speech are the verbs "[She] was lying …, listening to … reading a story" and their function? [closed]
Allice was lying under a tree listening to his sister reading a story.
What is the parts of speech of lying, listening and reading and their function?
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Correct way of describing a certain trend
Is this a correct and natural way of describing this trend?
Having increased until about March, the figure dropped to 0 by June.
I highlighted the part that confuses me.
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Difference between Perfect and Present relative time reference with the past participle form
1.They filmed the thief. (past tense--finite)
2.They saw the thief filmed in the act. (past participle--non finite)
Does "filmed" in the second sentence have a past or a present meaning ...
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Why was 'Having seen that it is about to rain...' not the correct answer?
In the example sentence, I initially interpreted the sentence structure as 'We have seen that is about to rain.' However, the correct answer was 'seeing,' with the appropriate context being 'We see ...
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"A myth come true." Is the base form of "come" legitimate?
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When selected
Cyclops, ready for your orders.
I see it all.
Awaiting orders.
A myth come true.
Always on standby.
Yes, commander?
(https://moapyr.fandom.com/wiki/Cyclops_Walker/Quotes)
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Temporal interpretation of -ing clause
Eating a hearty breakfast, we prepared for our long journey.
I think this sentence alone can mean:
Eating is part of the preparation
Eating precedes the preparation (after eating we prepared).
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What is the subject of this participle in this context?
What is the subject of paving? 'Adidas?' or 'a landmark deal with Adidas?' I thought 'a landmark deal with Adidas', however, one of my friends told that 'Adidas' is the subject. I want to know how to ...
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past participle VERSUS perfect participle
1 Having been sent on a business trip, he did not see Jane for three months.
2 Sent on a business trip, he did not see Jane for three months.
I can't put my finger on the difference. What is it?
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a washing man/clothes - what's the meaning? [duplicate]
There are washing clothes in the tub. - MEANS - There are clothes being washed in the tub.
There is a washing man in the tub. - CAN IT MEAN - There is a man being washed in the tub.
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A reading man/a man reading
1 I saw a reading man in the room.
2 I saw a man reading in the room.
How do they differ? Does the first one mean that the person seen is always reading and the second means that the man was reading ...
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Does "People should be concerned about…" contain the passive voice?
In a recent ESL test, the question was whether the following sentence contained the passive voice:
People should be concerned about how to find alternatives to fossil fuels.
The answer book says yes, ...
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Should have been used 'preposition' in following sentence
"Any citizen of India of full age and capacity can make a declaration renouncing his citizenship."
This is a sentence from my polity book.
In the above sentence, should we use "of" ...
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Should " beginning" be followed by "with"?
In unit 80 of 'Advanced Grammar in Use', it says
In formal English we can also introduce a reason in a clause beginning for, in that, or less commonly, inasmuch as.
Shouldn't there be a preposition ...
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Resist < inclusion vs being included>
This is not because such an interpretation necessarily stiffens into a thesis (although rigidity in any interpretation of this or of any novel is always a danger), but because Wuthering Heights has ...
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needing/needed - what's the difference?
1 We have some laptops needing to be fixed.
2 We have some laptops needed to be fixed.
I was told that 1 means that the laptops are still in need for a fix. 2 means that the need to fix them was in ...
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Do the verbs "set" and "place" mean the same thing in these sentences? [duplicate]
I'm studying phrasal verbs from a book called MacMillan Phrasal Verbs Plus, and I'm studying the "Down" particle. In a page of the book, there is a diagram showing the various meanings of ...
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Very confusing adjective in two forms: -ing and -ed
6. The witnesses gave __ conflicted __ reports of what happened during the robbery.
The answer key says the right answer is “conflicting reports”.
I agree that it’s easier to read or distinguish from ...
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Participles at the beginning of a sentence used adjectivally
Would the adjectival use of the participle ENGAGED in the subordinate clause be correct to describe the students in the MAIN clause?
Engaged in a broad spectrum of speaking and listening activities ...
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When do you put a participle after a noun? [duplicate]
In Seattle, Washington, high schooler Light Turner stumbles across the
"Death Note," a mysterious leather-bound notebook with instructions
that state that by writing a person's name down ...
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About the participle of Absolute construction
Is there any difference in meaning between these two sentences?
My car breaking down, I had to take a taxi to work.
My car having broken down, I had to take a taxi to work.
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Adverbial participle clause or gerund
Often times I don't have any problem with interpreting or speaking but I do wonder about the function of this reduction. The example sentence is as follows;
You can have all the beer you want then, ...
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Dangling phrases
Ive found a dangling phrases
While walking across the street, the bus hit her.
"While walking across the street" describes clearly the bus in that case making no sense.
But if I change it ...
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Relative clause and participle
I've never heard the following participial phrase, and it sounds unnatural to me:
Instead of
"There is no way that you are so tall."
one would write
"There is no way you being so ...
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"She came to the city fleeing persecution in her home town."
I saw an interesting sentence due to play game;
She came to the city fleeing persecution in her home town.
If talking about only meaning, I understand the sentence. She ran away to the city for ...
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Why did we use participle here to describe action
A student disrespecting his teacher hurts us.
What is the meaning of the sentence?
Is it 'the act of disrespecting teachers by a student hurts us?
Now my question is how is the sentence formed? Why ...
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She came in , followed by a valet, carrying on his arm a big fur coat [closed]
Read the following
She entered, followed by a valet, carrying on his arm a big fur coat
The first comma is needed because there's a participle after it, but i don't get why the second comma was used.
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Unfortunately, setting only big goals can feel overwhelming / overwhelmed
Unfortunately, setting only big goals can feel [overwhelmed / overwhelming] because they often take a lot more time and energy than smaller goals.
Why is 'overwhelmed' wrong? We can feel overwhelmed ...
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Does this form of participle work well?
I wonder if this form of the participle can be used, here are two examples.
Being sold well by the car dealer, the cars are going to be sold out soon.
Being cooked in the right manner, this dish is ...
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Should I use possessive + gerund structure or reduced participial clause?
I haven't seen a perfect participle in a reduced form (I know some aren't keen on using this) so often (eg: a house having burnt). Is it still okay to use it as in the first sentence below, or does ...
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Noun + Participle
I believe that the participle in the following phrase refers to the second noun (rubbish):
...possible sites with submerged rubbish
But I have some doubts. Could "submerged rubbish" be a ...
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What is the function of 'having seen' in this sentence?
I am reading my text Why Do Friendships End? by Allison Hunter, there is a sentence confused me.
She referred to having seen the question in one of my articles,
Mystery of Friendship.
I don't know ...
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Participle Clause - Adjectival or Adverbial
It is hard for me to parse the participle clause in the following sentence and to know whether it is an adjectival or adverbial clause.
"Notices were placed in the press all over the United ...
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Are they all idiomatic: "French invasion of England" vs "France's invasion of England" vs "France's invading England" vs"France invading England"
Verbals such as "Someone's doing something" or "Someone doing something" are common. But when it comes to verbals in long structures, it gets confusing.
Here are some sample ...
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What are complete sentences of elliptic phrases such as "Or being lied about..."?
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:
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''comma+ with+ noun phrase'' tense confusion
The problem here is the second part after the comma,
The cigarette had drawn fire from critics ever since its popular introduction in the nineteenth century, with many of those opposed to smoking ...
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What's the difference between "people involved" and "involved people"?
I learned at school to put an adjective clause in front of the noun when it consists of only one word and to put it after the noun when it consists of more than one word.
However, I sometimes find a ...
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An interesting teacher VS an interested student [duplicate]
We know an adjective ending in either -ing or -ed can modify a noun. What is the difference between these two pairs?
An interesting teacher
An interested student
A heartbroken mother ( A ...
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How to use participles in front of a noun with object for the participle?
I know that a participle following a noun can have an object.
As like,
The boy throwing a ball
Mother goose followed by the baby gooses
However, how can we use participles in front of the noun with ...
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feel the floor shaken
Is "shaken" used properly in the following? Normally, I'd expect "shaking." But I'm wondering if the verb "shake" can take an object followed by a past participle.
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subject agreement in participle clauses
consider this sentence:
I totally agree with the concept of schooling the offenders while
serving time in prison
we do know that clauses with prepositions (after, by, ...) + ing and conjunctions(...
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What does the participle phrase describe in this sentence?
I'm trying to describe an event that led someone to think he has been burglarized.
When he came home, the furniture was moved and the window was slightly
open, letting in a draft.
My question is, ...
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The question is about the use of correct participle(s) in a sentence
Original sentence: 1) “Only a small percentage of immigrants arriving in the US ever returned to their native countries.”
Now, if I like to re-construct the original sentence, which [participle clause(...
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Why doesn't this sound right?
All of these sound right:
I found her dressed on the ground.
I found her lying on the ground.
I found her knocked out on the ground.
I found her dead.
But this sounds wrong.
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"Many of them his friends" or "many of them being his friends"
Someone threw a birthday party with several dozen guests before. When you are describing the guests, I think you can use these sentences:
Dozens of people came to his birthday party. Many of them ...
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"Frightening" - participle?
In this sentence, what part of speech is 'frightening':
"Halloween can also be frightening for pets."
Is it a participle? Or is it acting as a verb?
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Using participles to short long sentences
I am confused about using participles to shorten long sentences.
There's a situation where I tried to study but after an hour I found myself getting nowhere as I didn't even read a single paragraph.
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Can a present participle function adverbially?
She hit the ground running.
He went flying.
In these two examples, the present participles 'running' and 'flying' are clearly modifying their respective verbs. 'Running' complements 'hit', and '...
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The verb appear with a participle
I want to learn how easy the verb APPEAR lends itself to the usage of itself with a participle. For example,
His speech appeared worrying.
What you wrote at first appeared worrying—but it probably ...
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What part of speech is "doing" in "...worked his whole life doing a job..."?
His father said he had worked his whole life doing a job he didn't really enjoy.
is the word "doing" a gerund? if yes/no could someone please explain more.
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