Introductory participial
Is this an introductory participial and therefore in need of a comma or a 'no common needed' sentence? Please explain why also. Thank you.
"Using her toes, she peeled off her cheap slipper like shoes.
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" Moving the toes to the front of the sentence makes it important that her toes are taking off the slippers. She must be able to do more with her toes, or perhaps she can't reach down to remove the slippers with her hands. Maybe she doesn't have hands.
- " Moving the toes to the front of the sentence makes it important that her toes are taking off the slippers.
- She must be able to do more with her toes, or perhaps she can't reach down to remove the slippers with her hands.
- Maybe she doesn't have hands.
- " Who cares about taking off a slipper unless there is something that describes the slipper and/or how it is removed?
- This sentence does need the comma because of the structure of the sentence.
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Normally we would say, "She peeled off her cheap slipper like shoes, using her toes." Moving the toes to the front of the sentence makes it important that her toes are taking off the slippers. She must be able to do more with her toes, or perhaps she can't reach down to remove the slippers with her hands. Maybe she doesn't have hands.
Shifting the phrase "using her toes"
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