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Debpriya De Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
A question regarding participles
" Standing at the gate ,James was stung by a scorpion ."
" James saw a girl standing at the gate"
In the first statement James is the person that the participle form is reffering to.
In the second case the girl is being referred to by the participle form.
What if we transpose the two clauses in the first statement and write " James was stung by a scorpon,standing at the gate" Who is the participle referring to in this case ?
" James saw a girl standing at the gate"
In the first statement James is the person that the participle form is reffering to.
In the second case the girl is being referred to by the participle form.
What if we transpose the two clauses in the first statement and write " James was stung by a scorpon,standing at the gate" Who is the participle referring to in this case ?
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I see it this way: The first one: "[while] Standing at the gate, James was stung by a scorpion . Standing- is used as a particple phrase. " James was stung by a scorpion [while] standing at the gate ".
- I see it this way: The first one: "[while] Standing at the gate, James was stung by a scorpion .
- Standing- is used as a particple phrase.
- " James was stung by a scorpion [while] standing at the gate ".
- Even being transposed, "standing at the gate" still serves the same purpose and is legal which is modiying the main clause, not the scorpian.
- However, if we transpose the 2nd one, the meaning is not the same.
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I see it this way:
The first one:
"[while] Standing at the gate, James was stung by a scorpion . Standing- is used as a particple phrase.
" James was stung by a scorpion [while] standing at the gate ". Even being transposed, "standing at the gate" still serves the same purpose and is legal which is modiying the main clause, not the scorpian.
However,
The first one:
"[while] Standing at the gate, James was stung by a scorpion . Standing- is used as a particple phrase.
" James was stung by a scorpion [while] standing at the gate ". Even being transposed, "standing at the gate" still serves the same purpose and is legal which is modiying the main clause, not the scorpian.
However,
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