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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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Can someone explain this? (participles)
While I was walking the dog, I saw the animal.
While walking the dog, I saw the animal.
Walking the dog, I saw the animal.
Are the latter two just elliptical versions of the first sentence? Or does the participle stop acting in the past progressive and function as something else?
And also, how would the following be parsed? What role does "walking" serve in this sentence?
I, walking the dog, saw the animal.
Many thanks
While walking the dog, I saw the animal.
Walking the dog, I saw the animal.
Are the latter two just elliptical versions of the first sentence? Or does the participle stop acting in the past progressive and function as something else?
And also, how would the following be parsed? What role does "walking" serve in this sentence?
I, walking the dog, saw the animal.
Many thanks
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- - Yes. And also, how would the following be parsed? I, walking the dog, saw the animal.
- - - Yes.
- And also, how would the following be parsed?
- I, walking the dog, saw the animal.
- -- I'd call it a non-finite clause acting as a sentence adverbial.
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Are the latter two just elliptical versions of the first sentence?-- Yes.
And also, how would the following be parsed? I, walking the dog, saw the animal. What role does "walking" serve in this sentence?-- I'd call it a non-finite clause acting as a sentence adverbial.
And also, how would the following be parsed? I, walking the dog, saw the animal. What role does "walking" serve in this sentence?-- I'd call it a non-finite clause acting as a sentence adverbial.
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