participles and gerunds
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Participles and Gerunds. Verbal Phrases. Participles end in either –ing or –ed, or are irregularly formed. Act as adjectives HINT: Can be taken out of the sentence and it will still make sense!. Types of Participials. Past: End in –ed or irregular Present: end in –ing - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Participles and Gerunds
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Verbal Phrases
• Participles end in either –ing or –ed, or are irregularly formed.
• Act as adjectives• HINT: Can be taken out of the
sentence and it will still make sense!
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Types of Participials
• Past: End in –ed or irregular• Present: end in –ing• Ex: Running to the car, Sally slipped
and fell. • Ex: The test, graded by Darin Welch,
was wonderful. • Ex: The picture, taken by my father,
shows the lights in Las Vegas
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Gerunds
• Always end in –ing• Verbal phrases acting as nouns:
• Therefore, they can be the subject, direct object, indirect object, object of a preposition, or predicate nominative
• HINT: These CAN NOT be taken out of the sentence and still have the same message.
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Gerunds
• Find the gerund:• Today, visiting Web sites is practically
as common as going to the movies.• The next time you try e-mailing
someone or researching a topic on a computer, think about how common it is for you.
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Misplaced Modifiers
• a word or phrase that causes confusion because it is located within a sentence so far away from the word(s) to which it refers
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Misplaced Modifiers
• Consider the different meanings
in the following sentences:
The dog under the tree bit Carrie.
vs. The dog bit Carrie
under the tree.
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Misplaced Modifiers
• Sometimes misplaced modifiers are used for comic effect:
The other day I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas I'll never know. -- Groucho Marx
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How might you correct the following sentence?
Jennifer called her adorable kitten opening the can of tuna and filled the food bowl.
Better: Opening the can of tuna, Jennifer called her adorable kitten and filled the food bowl.
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How might you correct the following sentence?
Portia rushed to the store loaded with cash to buy the birthday gift.
Better: Portia, loaded with cash, rushed to the store to buy the birthday gift.
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Misplaced Modifiers
• Some one-word modifiers often cause confusion:
almost just nearly simply
even hardly merely only
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Explain the meaning of each sentence:
• Almost everyone in the class passed the calculus exam.
• Everyone in the class almost passed the calculus exam.
• Which sentence indicates that everyone in the class failed the exam?
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Explain the meaning of each sentence:
• John nearly earned $100.
• John earned nearly $100.
• Which sentence indicates that John earned some money?
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Dangling modifiers
• a word or phrase that modifies another word or phrase that has not been stated clearly within the sentence
often occur at the beginnings and ends of sentences
often indicated by an -ing verb or a to + verb phrase
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Dangling modifiers
Having finished dinner, the football game was turned on.
Having finished dinner, Joe turned on the football game.
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Dangling modifiers can be repaired by:
placing the subject of the modification phrase as the subject of the independent clause:Having finished dinner, Joe turned on the football game.
placing the subject of the action within the dangling phrase:After Joe finished dinner, he turned on the football game.
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How might you correct the following sentence?
Playing solitaire on the computer for three hours, Michael’s paper was not completed.Better: Playing solitaire on the computer for three hours, Michael did not complete his paper.Better: Because Michael played solitaire on the computer for three hours, he did not complete his paper.
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How might you correct the following sentence?
Locked away in the old chest, Richard was surprised by the antique hats.
Better: Locked away in the old chest, the antique hats surprised Richard. Better: The antique hats locked away in the old chest surprised Richard.
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How might you correct the following sentence?
To work as a loan officer, an education in financial planning is required.
Better: To work as a loan officer, one is required to have an education in financial planning.
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How might you correct the following sentence?
Being a process that still needs to be refined, scientists are searching for a more effective plan for chemotherapy treatment.Better: Scientists are searching for a more effective plan for chemotherapy treatment, a process that still needs to be refined.