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Fire1 Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

Present participle predicating its preceding noun

1. Sitting on the bench, I was looking at Rachel, playing tennis with her boyfriend.

2. After taking a shower, I went downstairs to have a talk with Jack, watching TV alone.

3. Upon getting into the restaurant with my girlfriend, I happened to meet Jane, dating a man.

Q1) Are sentences 1,2,3 grammatically correct and natural?

Q2) Is "playing tennis with her boyfriend" refer to/predicate "Rachel"?

Q3) Does "Watching TV alone" refer to/predicate "Jack"?

Q4) Does "dating a man" refer to/predicate "Jane"?

Q5) If context is clear as in 1,2,3, is it grammatically acceptable to use a present participle phrase to refer to/predicate a preceding noun(Rachel, Jack, Jane), not the subject (I) in a sentence?

If the sentences are not grammatical, would you write a grammatical sentence that matches what I'm asking about?

  

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fire1 1. Sitting on the bench, I was looking at Rachel, playing tennis with her boyfriend. 2.

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  • fire1 1.
  • Sitting on the bench, I was looking at Rachel, playing tennis with her boyfriend.
  • 2.
  • After taking a shower, I went downstairs to have a talk with Jack, watching TV alone.
  • 3.
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fire11. Sitting on the bench, I was looking at Rachel, playing tennis with her boyfriend.
2. After taking a shower, I went downstairs to have a talk with Jack, watching TV alone.
3. Upon getting into the restaurant with my girlfriend, I happened to meet Jane, dating a man.
Q1) Are sentences 1,2,3 grammatically correct and natural?

They are all

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