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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
On arriving and On arrival. What's the difference?
Hello. I'm reading the book of William Strunk, "The Element of Style". In chapter 7, the author teach a rule that a participial phrase at the beginning of a sentence must refer to the grammatical subject.
He demonstrate a example
On arriving in Chicago, his friends met him a the station.
The author say that this sentence must be corrected to 'On his arrival in Chicago, his friends met him at the station'
However, to me, non-native english learner, it seems all same.
What makes these sentence different?
He demonstrate a example
On arriving in Chicago, his friends met him a the station.
The author say that this sentence must be corrected to 'On his arrival in Chicago, his friends met him at the station'
However, to me, non-native english learner, it seems all same.
What makes these sentence different?
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Anonymous The author say that this sentence must be corrected to 'On his arrival in Chicago, his friends met him at the station' Right. Anonymous What makes these sentence different? The presumed subject of the participial phrase must be the same as the subject of the main clause.
- Anonymous The author say that this sentence must be corrected to 'On his arrival in Chicago, his friends met him at the station' Right.
- Anonymous What makes these sentence different?
- The presumed subject of the participial phrase must be the same as the subject of the main clause.
- By changing the partcipial to a noun, the grammatical horror is avoided.
- The sentence could also be fixed like this: On arriving in Chicago, he was met by his his friends at the station.
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AnonymousThe author say that this sentence must be corrected to 'On his arrival in Chicago, his friends met him at the station'Right.
AnonymousWhat makes these sentence different?The presumed subject of the participial phrase must be the same as the subject of the main clause. By changing the partcipial to a noun, the gra
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The sentence also rewrite like that: When he arrived in Chicago, he was met by his friends at the station. Is it right?
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