Adverb+ participle

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Tension pneumothorax is when someone's lung collepses and the pressure builds up in between the lung and the thoracic wall that will slowly compress the lung over, further deflating the lung and eventually interfering with vital organs.

I saw this definition in a video. Are marked phrases grammatically correct?

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Can we use "any adverb + a participle" after the main clause? For example:

She fled with her children, eventually ending up in a shelter.

The oil producers will raise prices, therefore increasing their profits.

MountainHiker · Accepted Answer

I saw this definition in a video. Are marked phrases grammatically correct?

Yes.

Can we use "any adverb + a participle" after the main clause? For example:

She fled with her children, eventually ending up in a shelter.

The oil producers will raise prices, therefore increasing their profits.

With regard to "can we use 'any adverb + a participle' after the main clause," I think so, but I am not positive.

With regard to your sample sentences, we could recast them.

She fled with her children, ending up in a shelter. (deleted "eventually")

Oil producers will raise prices to increase profits.

This last sentence deserves more discussion. It isn't "the" oil producers unless you are referring to a specific group of producers. The revised sentence is more direct than the adverbial phrase tacked on at the end.

Generally speaking, we can attach an adverbial or participial phrase to a main clause. If the phrase is nonrestrictive, it is set off with commas. Otherwise if the phrase is restrictive, no commas are used.

Also, if it is an introductory phrase, it is usually set of with a comma. For example:

Fortunately, this stuff isn't that difficult. (Fortunately is an adverb and is set off with a comma.

There is a good discussion regarding participial phrases located here: https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/commas-with-participial-phrases

If I am incorrect, I trust someone will jump in shortly.

BillJ · Answer

Tension pneumothorax is when someone's lung collepses and the pressure builds up in between the lung and the thoracic wall that will slowly compress the lung over, further deflating the lung and eventually interfering with vital organs.

Yes, they are fine. The underlined expressions are a coordination of gerund-participial clauses functioning as a supplementary adjun

Yes, they are fine. The underlined expressions are a coordination of gerund-participial clauses functioning as a supplementary adjunct. They have a resultative interpretation: note that you could insert a connective like “thus” as in … will slowly compress the lung over, thus further deflating the lung and eventually interfering with vital organs.

mango pen 189Can we use "any adverb + a participle" after the main clause? For example:She fled with her children, eventually ending up in a shelter.The oil producers will raise prices, therefore increasing their profits.

Yes, in theory most -ly adverbs that work in resultative adjuncts are possible, subject of course to semantic and pragmatic constraints.

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