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Jackson6612 Posted 19 years ago
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Why would we start a sentence/phrase with a past participle?
sponge:
1b: The light, fibrous, flexible, absorbent skeleton of certain of these organisms, used for bathing, cleaning, and other purposes (American Heritage Dictionary)
I would have written the above underlined phrase as ''which is used for...''. To me, the above phrase seems incorrect. Why would we start a sentence/phrase with a past participle? I know there are many phrases which have a past participle at the beginning. What is the reason for that?
1b: The light, fibrous, flexible, absorbent skeleton of certain of these organisms, used for bathing, cleaning, and other purposes (American Heritage Dictionary)
I would have written the above underlined phrase as ''which is used for...''. To me, the above phrase seems incorrect. Why would we start a sentence/phrase with a past participle? I know there are many phrases which have a past participle at the beginning. What is the reason for that?
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It's correct.
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Jackson6612sponge:
1b: The light, fibrous, flexible, absorbent skeleton of certain of these organisms, used for bathing, cleaning, and other purposes (American Heritage Dictionary)
I would have written the above underlined phrase as ''which is used for.
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