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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
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Participle clause
hi guys
i have questions that i really want to know.
it's about participle clauses.
whenever i read these sentences below, these are very confusing.
1.The owner came to the door of an office, wiping his hands on a dirty cloth.
' --- ,wiping his hands on a dirty cloth' means -' and he wiped his hands on a dirty cloth'
or -' and he was wiping his hands on a dirty cloth.' ?
2. ------- office,wiping - office wiping(without ' , ') what's the difference?
3 my wife had a talk with Sally, explaining the problem.
' --- ,explaining the problem' - what does this mean?
'- and my wife explained the problem or and my wife was explaining the problem'
please please, give me your answers.
i have questions that i really want to know.
it's about participle clauses.
whenever i read these sentences below, these are very confusing.
1.The owner came to the door of an office, wiping his hands on a dirty cloth.
' --- ,wiping his hands on a dirty cloth' means -' and he wiped his hands on a dirty cloth'
or -' and he was wiping his hands on a dirty cloth.' ?
2. ------- office,wiping - office wiping(without ' , ') what's the difference?
3 my wife had a talk with Sally, explaining the problem.
' --- ,explaining the problem' - what does this mean?
'- and my wife explained the problem or and my wife was explaining the problem'
please please, give me your answers.
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Anonymous hi guys i have questions that i really want to know. it's about participle clauses. whenever i read these sentences below, these are very confusing.
- Anonymous hi guys i have questions that i really want to know.
- it's about participle clauses.
- whenever i read these sentences below, these are very confusing.
- The owner came to the door of an office, wiping his hands on a dirty cloth.
- ' ?
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Anonymoushi guys
i have questions that i really want to know.
it's about participle clauses.
whenever i read these sentences below, these are very confusing.
1.The owner came to the door of an office, wiping his hands on a dirty cloth.
' --- ,wiping his hands on a dirty cloth' means -' and he wiped his hands on a dirty cloth
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I must disagree with the suggestion that "and he wiped" is the same as the use of "wiping."
As he was wiping his hands, he came to the door. The action of wiping his hands was going on as he came to the door -- they were not sequential actions.
If you omit the comma, the sentence is not grammatical. The "wiping his hands..." describes him.
In the process of talking wit
As he was wiping his hands, he came to the door. The action of wiping his hands was going on as he came to the door -- they were not sequential actions.
If you omit the comma, the sentence is not grammatical. The "wiping his hands..." describes him.
In the process of talking wit
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AnonymousThe owner came to the door of an office, wiping his hands on a dirty cloth.The owner came to the door of an office while (at the same time) (he was) wiping his hands on a dirty cloth.
Anonymousoffice,wiping - office wiping(without ' , ')I'm completely indifferent to the use of the comma. I get the same m
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Hi GG,
I can appreciate why you made this statement. I must agree with you that "wiping" and "he wiped" are not the same, Having established that, I am not validating or advocating this usage. But at the time, I was inspired by this thought in the back o
Grammar GeekI must disagree with the suggestion that "and he wiped" is the same as the use of "wiping."
I can appreciate why you made this statement. I must agree with you that "wiping" and "he wiped" are not the same, Having established that, I am not validating or advocating this usage. But at the time, I was inspired by this thought in the back o
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No, of course not! I consider CJ my online mentor, Seriously! Having said that, CJ also pointed out the timing of "wiping". I already admitted "wiping" and "he wiped" are not the same. By your revision adding "as" to the inversion, it changed the context by a large degree. It's not the same argument in my opinion. Appreciate your reply.
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dimsumexpressThe function of a particple phrase is adverbial. It modifies (or adds additional information) the main clause.I know we've had a discussion about this before, but ever since I've been checking all my grammar sources, and each and every one of them states the same: participial phrases function as adjectives. In this case the "wiping" par
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Yes, most sites state they function as adjectives, but this is not to say it is entirely correct. Sites simplify, to appeal to the masses and non-natives trying to learn the language. The basic use of a participle is that of an adjective modifying the following noun, so that is why they state that participle clauses function in the same way.
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The action of wiping his hands was going on as he came to the door -- they were not sequential actions.
The owner came to the door of an office while (at the same time) (he was) wiping his hands on a dirty cloth.And you think we said different things?
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Are you talking to me? No, I wasn't replying to your comment, but to Ferdis's.
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