March 25, 2020
Sentences With Participle Clause
1) Scrambling up the wall, Marc scratched his palm on the sharp stone.
2) Knowing not to move the unconscious person, Josh instantly called the ambulance.
3) Were you here on time, you'd have seen your son graduate.
4) Having been bumped over the spikes, the front tires of the car became flat.
5) After forming an alliance with that company, Ms Baker received a wealth of profit.
6) Having decided where the children might go, I headed towards the convenience store.
7) Not spotted, the intruder sneaked into the rear open window.
8) Having given the report succinctly, he headed out from the office.
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Sentences With Participle Clause
1) Scrambling up the wall, Marc scratched his palm on the sharp stone.
3) Were you here on time, you'd have seen your son graduatinge.
3) Were you here on time, you'd have seen your son graduate.
I think "graduating" could also work (at least colloquially), but "graduate" (and in general, using the infinitive form rather than the gerund, with the "-ing" suffix) sounds more natural to me.
4) BHaving been bumped over the spikes, the front tires of the car became flatted.
4) Having been bumped over the spikes, the front tires of the car became flat.
You can only use the past participle in this manner (without the auxiliary "have") for certain kinds of verbs, generally ones that do not take an object and that can be used (or were formerly used) with "be."
5) FAfter forming an alliance with that company, Ms Baker received a wealth of profit.
5) After forming an alliance with that company, Ms Baker received a wealth of profit.
The original sentence is also acceptable, but does not make as much sense semantically (in terms of meaning) in terms of the tense.
6) Having decided where the children might go, I headed towards the convenience store.
7) Not being spotted, the intruder sneaked into the rear opened window.
7) Not spotted, the intruder sneaked into the rear open window.
The subordinate clause here functions as an adjective, so "being" is unnecessary.
8) Having given the reported succinctly, he headed out from the office.
8) Having given the report succinctly, he headed out from the office.
"Report" as a verb requires some sort of object or clause, so the original phrasing would not have worked.
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Some of these can be tricky, as seen in (4). Overall though, I think you have a good sense of the basics. Be careful with tense in sentences with conditional clauses, like in (3). It is very common for people to make mistakes with in.
March 25, 2020
I think the OP meant "stone" as in the material, so this is not necessary. This could have also been written as something like "March scratched his palm on the sharp stone [surface]."
March 25, 2020
3) Were you here on time, you'd have seen your son graduatinge.
I think "graduating" could also work (at least colloquially), but "graduate" (and in general, using the infinitive form rather than the gerund, with the "-ing" suffix) sounds more natural to me.
I don't think inversion in conditional clauses is really that uncommon these days. I agree though about the independent clause in this sentence.
March 26, 2020
Thanks a lot! To be honest, that grammar structure was pretty tough and confusing.
March 26, 2020
You're welcome! Rereading these, I'm not completely sure about (4), but I think it makes more sense this way, because you'd expect what is "bumped" to not necessarily be the tires themselves. So that might be a bit of a flexible case.
1) Scrambling up the wall, Marc scratched his palm on the sharp stones. 1) Scrambling up the wall, Marc scratched his palm on the sharp stones.
A specific stone wasn't mentioned, so I feel plural is better.
2) Knowing not to move the unconscious person, Josh instantly called the ambulance.
3) Were youIf you were here on time, you'd have seen your son graduatinge.
3) If you were here on time, you'd have seen your son graduate.
Tense agreement. "Were you here on time" is okay, but it doesn't sound very natural nowadays. It sounds very pompous (to me).
4) BumpedAfter bumping/driving over the spikes, the front tires of the car became flatted.
4) After bumping/driving over the spikes, the front tires of the car became flat.
Tires become flat or are flat, or a driver gets a flat (tire). Tires don't flat. After works better here in the beginning and driving makes more sense to me.
5) F(After) forming an alliance with that company, Ms Baker received a wealth of profit.
5) (After) forming an alliance with that company, Ms Baker received a wealth of profit.
6) HavingAfter decideding where the children might go, I headed towards the convenience store.
6) After deciding where the children might go, I headed towards the convenience store.
7) Not being spotted, the intruder sneaked into the rear opened window.
7) Not being spotted, the intruder sneaked into the rear open window.
8) Having reported succinctly, he headed out from the office.
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I feel 5 and 6 work better with an explicit "after" even though you technically don't have to put it in. Using "after" makes it sounds more natural. Well done! This is a complicated type of clause that I had to look up to make sure I was correcting your post correctly.
March 25, 2020
Thanks!
March 25, 2020
1) Scrambling up the wall, Marc scratched his palm on the sharp stones.
A specific stone wasn't mentioned, so I feel plural is better.
I think the OP meant "stone" as in the material, so this is not necessary. This could have also been written as something like "March scratched his palm on the sharp stone [surface]."
March 25, 2020
3) Were youIf you were here on time, you'd have seen your son graduatinge.
Tense agreement. "Were you here on time" is okay, but it doesn't sound very natural nowadays. It sounds very pompous (to me).
I don't think inversion in conditional clauses is really that uncommon these days. I agree though about the independent clause in this sentence.
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1) Scrambling up the wall, Marc scratched his palm on the sharp stone. 1) Scrambling up the wall, Marc scratched his palm on the sharp stones. 1) Scrambling up the wall, Marc scratched his palm on the sharp stones. A specific stone wasn't mentioned, so I feel plural is better. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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2) Knowing not to move the unconscious person, Josh instantly called the ambulance. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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3) Were you here on time, you'd see your son graduating.
3) Tense agreement. "Were you here on time" is okay, but it doesn't sound very natural nowadays. It sounds very pompous (to me).
3) Were you here on time, you'd have seen your son graduat I think "graduating" could also work (at least colloquially), but "graduate" (and in general, using the infinitive form rather than the gerund, with the "-ing" suffix) sounds more natural to me. |
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4) Bumped over the spikes, the front tires of the car flatted.
4) Tires become flat or are flat, or a driver gets a flat (tire). Tires don't flat. After works better here in the beginning and driving makes more sense to me.
4) You can only use the past participle in this manner (without the auxiliary "have") for certain kinds of verbs, generally ones that do not take an object and that can be used (or were formerly used) with "be." |
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5) Forming an alliance with that company, Ms Baker received a wealth of profit.
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5) The original sentence is also acceptable, but does not make as much sense semantically (in terms of meaning) in terms of the tense. |
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6) Having decided where the children might go, I headed towards the convenience store.
6) This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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7) Not being spotted, the intruder sneaked into the rear opened window.
7) Not being spotted, the intruder sneaked into the rear open
7) Not The subordinate clause here functions as an adjective, so "being" is unnecessary. |
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8) Having reported succinctly, he headed out from the office. This sentence has been marked as perfect!
8) Having given the report "Report" as a verb requires some sort of object or clause, so the original phrasing would not have worked. |
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3) Were you here on time, you'd have seen your son graduate. |
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4) Having been bumped over the spikes, the front tires of the car became flat. |
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5) After forming an alliance with that company, Ms Baker received a wealth of profit. |
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6) Having decided where the children might go, I headed towards the convenience store. |
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7) Not spotted, the intruder sneaked into the rear open window. |
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8) Having given the report succinctly, he headed out from the office. |
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