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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

participle correct or not?

"They said they wanted to kidnap them, threating to kill them even if they didn't obey.
  

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They said they wanted to kidnap them, even threatening to kill them if they didn't obey.

— Mister Micawber

  • They said they wanted to kidnap them, even threatening to kill them if they didn't obey.
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They said they wanted to kidnap them, even threatening to kill them if they didn't obey.
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Sentence means the same as:

"They said they wanted to kidnap them, they were even threatining to kill them if they didn't obey."

Right?
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AnonymousSentence means the same
Yes, but yours is not grammatically correct.
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AnonymousI don't see how
It contains a comma-splice error and you have misspelt 'threatening'.
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