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Park sang joon Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
The subject of participle phrases
Superficially a mystery thriller, this intelligent and well researched story delves into the beliefs and rituals of Ancient Britain, its folk mythologies and music, and reveals some of the un-settling fears that lie at their root. Set on a remote Scottish Island and giving the appearance of being a Whisky Galore, Local Hero type community, there is yet something off-centre about the townspeople that Edward Woodward, as Sergeant Howie, has come to investigate.
The presence of Christopher Lee as the eloquent, commanding Lord of the Isle, gives the film an insidiously creepy edge suggesting a Hammer Horror lurks around the next wee wall. He is perfect in the role.
I have extracted some from one of reviews of " The Wicker Man" on IMDB.
I think the subject of "set" and "giving" is "story" and I have known the subject of a participle phrase agrees with the subject of a main clause.
So I'd like to know whether my example is grammatical.
The presence of Christopher Lee as the eloquent, commanding Lord of the Isle, gives the film an insidiously creepy edge suggesting a Hammer Horror lurks around the next wee wall. He is perfect in the role.
I have extracted some from one of reviews of " The Wicker Man" on IMDB.
I think the subject of "set" and "giving" is "story" and I have known the subject of a participle phrase agrees with the subject of a main clause.
So I'd like to know whether my example is grammatical.
Top answer
For me, the sentence doesn't connect together properly. ", but I think this hardly works grammatically, and "the townspeople" hardly fits "set" either. I would say that by the time the writer got to the final part, he or she had forgotten how the sentence had started.
- For me, the sentence doesn't connect together properly.
- ", but I think this hardly works grammatically, and "the townspeople" hardly fits "set" either.
- I would say that by the time the writer got to the final part, he or she had forgotten how the sentence had started.
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For me, the sentence doesn't connect together properly. Perhaps "the townspeople" was intended as the subject of "giving the appearance of ...", but I think this hardly works grammatically, and "the townspeople" hardly fits "set" either. I would say that by the time the writer got to the final part, he or she had forgotten how the sentence had started.
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