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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

participial phrase

They would start the meal with soup, followed by a fish dish and then a meat dish.
?In the above sentence, I want to know what is omitted before the word 'followed'.
Considering the meaning of the sentence, the omitted conjuntion is 'and' and the subject and the verb are 'the meal with the soup was.' However, if the subject of the main clase is different from the subject of the participial phrase, we have to remain the subject of the participial phrase. But,in. the above setence, the sibject is omitted. Additionally, the omitted subject is the same as the object of the main clause. Please tell me how it is grammatically correct. Thank you for reading.
  

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They would start the meal with soup, followed by a fish dish and then a meat dish. They would start the meal with soup, which was followed by a fish dish and then followed by a meat dish. The subject of all that follows the comma is 'soup'.

  • They would start the meal with soup, followed by a fish dish and then a meat dish.
  • They would start the meal with soup, which was followed by a fish dish and then followed by a meat dish.
  • The subject of all that follows the comma is 'soup'.
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They would start the meal with soup, followed by a fish dish and then a meat dish.
They would start the meal with soup, which was followed by a fish dish and then followed by a meat dish.

The subject of all that follows the comma is 'soup'.

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