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Wowenglish Posted 16 years ago
Essay & Composition Writing

Get/tear

I would like to know the subject of "get and tear" in the next sentence.

She tripped on a curb and fell, getting her clothes dirty and tearing her dress.
  

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She tripped on a curb and fell, getting her clothes dirty and tearing her dress. "

  • She tripped on a curb and fell, getting her clothes dirty and tearing her dress.
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She tripped on a curb and fell, getting her clothes dirty and tearing her dress.

The two present participial phrases could be said to "qualify" all of what goes before, OR the subject "she" OR the verb "fell."

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