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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'participial construction' or 'gerund'?
We know the title of the song like 'killing me softly with his song' and 'staying alive'. In these titles of the songs, is the 'ing' gerund or participial construction? I asked this question before ...
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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."
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The difference between get + pp and be + pp
I was talking about what happened to me a few years ago. When I said, "I got surprised to find out ....., or "The plant got damaged because of the typhoon." my sentences were corrected by a native ...
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What kind of Present Participles are "Continuing,… ”, ”Walking along …”?
I came across some present participles (e.g., continuing, walking along, going, looking, and excluding), but they don’t seem to represent reasons or actions happening simultaneously. Could you explain ...
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leaving and causing referring?
In tinea capitis the fungus invades the hair shafts, causing the hairs to become brittle and to break off at the level of the scalp, leaving an area of stubby, black dotted alopecia.
Hello, is the “...
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Having pp, have pp sentence
I'd like to ask questions about the exact tense of participial construction like the following sentence.
Having worked in the industry over the years, I have sometimes been surprised to see young ...
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Using participles to shorten 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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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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seeing something looked or seeing that something looked?
1 Seeing the table cluttered, I decided to tidy it up.
2 Seeing everything looked so in order, we didn't clean anything else.
Are they correct? Or should they be as follows:
3 Seeing that the table ...
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The placement of participles defining the subject of the main clause
As far as I know, we can use participles right before or after the subject of the main clause to give extra information about the subject. For example:
1- Dressed in his class-A uniform, the marine ...
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Using "v-ing" after some phrases
I always think that we can use "v-ing" to combine two phrases when two interconnected activities are going on.
For example : In sentence two, "explainig situation" and "having a hard time" is a ...
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"Only a small percentage of immigrants [who arrived/who were arriving/after they arrived] in the US ever returned"
Original sentence:
“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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making otoscopic examination?
I came across a cause and effect sentence like this.
Some children have been reported to have narrow external ear canals, making otoscopic examination difficult and perhaps predisposing to stenosis.
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Gerunds and Participles in compound Adjective
'English-speaking countries'
'Time-saving gadgets'
'Mouth-watering food'
'Good-looking girl'
English-speaking, time-saving, mouth-watering and good-looking are adjectives here. But how are these ...
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Have + object + Bare Inf
I have a question about the difference between
My boss had me work hard.
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My boss had me working hard.
Some linguists I talked to previously said that they both mean almost the same, but the ...
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wearing a beautiful wedding gown
a. I kissed the bride, in her wedding gown.
b. I kissed her, in her wedding gown.
c. I kissed the bride, wearing a beautiful wedding gown.
d. I kissed her, wearing a beautiful wedding gown.
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carrying participle?
There's a subject that's been on my mind a lot lately. Are the participles in these sentences in adverb manner? What difference does it make if we put a comma before participles?
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He had problems reading without glasses. In the above sentence is 'reading' a present participle or a gerund in this sentence
He had problems reading without glasses.
In the above sentence is 'reading' a present participle or a gerund in this sentence.can anyone explain, please 🙏
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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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"..., with aftershocks continued..."
This is from a news article.
Strong shaking was felt in Taipei, the capital, some 100 miles away,
with aftershocks continued for roughly two hours.
Automatic substitution in Google Docs suggests &...
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Possessive pronouns before gerunds
I do not like his working late.
I do not like him working late.
Here, working is considered a gerund and it is suggested to use a possesive case instead of an objective case. My question is that both ...
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Rules for Joining by Past Participle [closed]
The sentences below have different subjects.
I saw a child.
He was burnt.
But we can join/add them
using a past participle, and write-
I saw a burnt child.
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What are the difference between these two sentences?
The bullied schoolboy appeared on television, and
The bullying schoolboy appeared on television.
What is the difference in meaning. Is it that the 1st sentence subject is the victim?
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Having involved and Having been involved
Why does the following sentence need a passive participle (having been involved)?
He has worked in different Southern cities and some years in Europe, and considers himself semi-retired, having ...
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how to fix this participial sentence
"Sitting in the shop, a car caught her eye. "
How to fix this to a right participial sentence? Not the car which is sitting in the shop, is the lady who is sitting in the shop.
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Is 'of' needed in 'his playing (of) cards'?
"I saw him playing cards."
When this line is transformed, which of two following is correct and why?
"I saw his playing cards".
"I saw his playing of cards."
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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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Which paraphrase is correct?
Being about the same size as a domestic chicken, the kiwi bird lays eggs that are very large in proportion to its body size.
A) The eggs of the kiwi bird are much larger than those of a domestic ...
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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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"feeling cold" vs "being cold" in a participle phrase
Is there any difference between these sentences? Is either one preferred?
Feeling cold, she turned the heater on.
Being cold, she turned the heater on.
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"A myth come true." Is the base form of "come" legitimate?
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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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drunk and drunken
I want to know the difference between word drunk and drunken.
I looked up the dictionary and found that two words have same meaning, someone drinks alcohol too much.
About drunk, it could be ...
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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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My ID got inactive or inactivated?
I am trying to understand -- after got, should the verb be in past tense?
Example:
got done or did
got shift or shifted
got move or moved
I got confuse or confused
Please help me. Thanks in advance. ...
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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.
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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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Usage of participles indicating the object
You left them alone, crying for their mama. (Context: Children
were crying not "you")
Is this sentence grammatically correct? I have seen a television character use a sentence similiar to ...
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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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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.
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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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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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