Reduced participial phrases

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In an assignment to practice reducing adjective clauses to participial phrases with the following sentence:

? A man who had been hit by a speeding taxi was lying in the street.

I came up with the following examples. Please help me find out whether they are correct or not.

1. A man hit by a speeding taxi was lying in the street.
2. A man, having been hit by a speeding taxi, was lying in the street.
3. Having been hit by a speeding taxi, a man was lying in the street.

Many thanks
donna

CalifJim · Accepted Answer

Df2006 In an assignment to practice reducing adjective clauses to participial phrases with the following sentence:? A man who had been hit by a speeding taxi was lying in the street.I came up with the following examples. Please help me find out whether they are correct or not. 1. A man hit by a speeding taxi was lying in the street. 2. A man, having been hit by a speeding taxi, was lying in the street. 3. Having been hit by a speeding taxi, a man was lying in the street.Many thanksdonna

They are all grammatically correct, but the first one is the best for being most direct.

Often, if you see a clause that starts with 'who', 'which', or 'that', followed by a form of the verb be, you can just remove these elements. ('had been' is a form of be.)

the women (who were) standing in the corner of the room
the table (that was) nearest to the wall
a small piece of paper (which is) clinging to her sweater

CJ

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Many thanks!

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