Enthralled
Tell us the story of the First Crossing, Mummy,' little hedgehogs would plead at bedtime, and they would listen, enthralled, to the tale of Max, the hedgehog who became a hedgehog who became a hero.
I have read the above in "The hodgeheg" by Dick Smith-King.
What is the grammatical form and function of "enthralled" in the above example?
Shouldn't "to the tale..." be "by the tale of..."?
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Jigneshbharati Tell us the story of the First Crossing, Mummy,' little hedgehogs would plead at bedtime, and they would listen, enthralled, to the tale of Max, the hedgehog who became a hedgehog hodgeheg who became a hero. Jigneshbharati What is the grammatical form and function of "enthralled" in the above example? It's a past participle that describes the children as they listened.
- Jigneshbharati Tell us the story of the First Crossing, Mummy,' little hedgehogs would plead at bedtime, and they would listen, enthralled, to the tale of Max, the hedgehog who became a hedgehog hodgeheg who became a hero.
- Jigneshbharati What is the grammatical form and function of "enthralled" in the above example?
- It's a past participle that describes the children as they listened.
- They were listening and they were enthralled (at the same time).
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0Note also that the following is possible, but without the comma after "enthralled":
'Tell us the story of the First Crossing, Mummy,' little hedgehogs would plead at bedtime, and they would listen, enthralled by the tale of Max, the hedgehog who became a hodgeheg who became a hero.
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