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Hans51 Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Subject of 'lighting up'

Protesters equipped themselves with candles, lighting up the square in a brilliant wave of lights.

I have seen the sentence and I was wondering if the sentence is natural and which one is the subject of 'lighting up' in meaning, Protesters or candles?

What do you native English speakers think?

Thank you so much as usual in advance!
  

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Hans51 I was wondering if the sentence is natural Yes. Hans51 which one is the subject of 'lighting up' in meaning, Protesters or candles? I'd guess either protesters or the whole main clause.

— Mister Micawber

  • Hans51 I was wondering if the sentence is natural Yes.
  • Hans51 which one is the subject of 'lighting up' in meaning, Protesters or candles?
  • I'd guess either protesters or the whole main clause.
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Hans51 I was wondering if the sentence is natural
Yes.
Hans51which one is the subject of 'lighting up' in meaning, Protesters or candles?
I'd guess either protesters or the whole main clause.
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Hans51I was wondering if the sentence is natural
It seems natural enough to me.
Hans51which one is the subject of 'lighting up' in meaning, Protesters or candles?
Grammatically, 'protesters' is the implied subject because a participle clause typically inherits its subject from the subject of the main clause, and there's no o
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