A participle phrase consists of the participle, an object or a complement, and any modifiers. For example Kissing the child gently, the mother cuddled the little girl. Kissing the child gently would be the Participle Phrase.
An interruption sentence is one that includes a phrase or clause that breaks the flow of the main idea, often set off by commas. For example: "The dog, barking loudly at the mailman, ran across the yard." In this sentence, the phrase "barking loudly at the mailman" interrupts the main action of the dog running.
Don't ever tell a peace officer that you were not speeding, you were qualifying. The other finalist fell out of the race while we were qualifying.
He could not draw a conclusion on the basis of conversation. This is an example using the phrase draw a conclusion.
The word 'determined' is the past participle, past tense of the verb to determine. The past participle of the verb is also an adjective, a word to describe a noun. Example sentences:If you were determined to ask that question, I was just as equally determined to answer it.The cost for the project has yet to be determined.
This is an example of a sentence. Happyhot970: A example sentence would have a verb, subject, predicate, and maybe also a noun.
A participle phrase is a phrase that includes a present or past participle verb and its modifiers. It functions as an adjective in a sentence, providing more information about a noun or pronoun. For example, "running quickly" or "cooked by the chef" are participle phrases.
the participle phrase in this sentence is "sighing loudly."
The participle in the sentence is "Speaking," which is a present participle that functions as the present participle phrase at the beginning of the sentence. It describes the action being performed by Curt.
Yes, "everlasting" can function as a participle when it is used as an adjective in a verb phrase. For example, in the sentence "The sunset was everlasting," "everlasting" is functioning as a participle modifying the noun "sunset."
A participle dangles when the participle phrase is not sufficiently close to the word that the participle (or participial phrase) modifies. If the participle is the first element in a sentence, the modified word should be the next word. The most egregious example of a dangling participle occurs when the word modified does not even occur in the same sentence as the participle, as in "Sitting in my chair, numerous events occurred".
A participial phrase functions as an adjective and starts with a participle (a verb form ending in -ing, -ed, etc.). For example, in the sentence "Running quickly, the athlete crossed the finish line," the participial phrase is "Running quickly."
The participle is the single word "been", the past participle of "to be".
The participle phrase in the sentence is "riding a horse." It functions as an adjective to describe the sheriff and the action he is performing.
In the sentence "Washing his car, the lights were on," the participle phrase is "Washing his car." This phrase modifies the subject of the sentence, but it creates a dangling participle because there is no clear noun that it describes. To clarify the meaning, it could be rephrased to specify who was washing the car.
In the phrase, "Charging at the red cloak, the bull missed his mark," the participle phrase is "charging at the red cloak." It is a participle phrase because it works as an adjective in the sentence.
The phrase, "Spats is the name of your very spoiled cat" includes a participle. The participle or participial phrase in the sentence is "spoiled."
A participial phrase that does not modify the nearest word, suitable to be modified by a participle*, to the phrase in the sentence in which the phrase occurs is called "dangling". In the most glaring instances, the word that the participle is intended to modify is not even in the sentence, as in "Sitting in my chair, the light was very weak." It is the speaker or writer who was sitting in the chair, not the light! ______________________________________________________ *Nouns and pronouns in their nominative or objective case [but not in their possessive case], verb, adjectives, and adverbs are suitable.