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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Present participle

Please, can you tell me how I put the following sentence in the present participle?

Because the house was haunted, I didn't come near it.
  

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In conversation, most people would probably use your sentence (only changing "come" to "go"). In writing, one might use a participle: The house being haunted, I didn't go near it.

  • In conversation, most people would probably use your sentence (only changing "come" to "go").
  • In writing, one might use a participle: The house being haunted, I didn't go near it.
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In conversation, most people would probably use your sentence (only changing "come" to "go"). In writing, one might use a participle: The house being haunted, I didn't go near it.
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AnonymousPlease, can you tell me how I put the following sentence in the present participle?
I understand what you mean, but you need to phrase it differently. You can't "put a sentence in the present participle". Instead, it's like this:

Can you please tell me how I change the following sentence so that it contains a present participle?
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Wow, CJ, your answer increase my knowledge about a participle.

I thought there is only one case that participle (-ing or -ed) can come in a dependent clause if the subject and verb in a dependent clause is the same as one in the main clause. (e.g,. Being tired, he stopped runnng => Because he was tired, he stopped running.)

Your examples are very new to me.

Thank you
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Hi Jim.

Do we need to bring it? Can't we say;

Having rained a lot, all the roads were flooded.

Thanks
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hrsaneiCan't we say;
Having rained a lot, all the roads were flooded.
Yes. That's possible, though strict grammarians would tell you that you risk implying that the roads rained a lot.

Having worked hard, Peter was very tired implies that Peter worked hard.

So Having rained a lot, all the roads were flooded

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