Jerry Chen
Joined: 26 Jan 2006
Posts: 115
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 Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 5:53 am Post subject: Could you please explain the structures for me? |
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Hello,
I have two sentences here and please tell me why they are that way.
1. Sighing, he opened the book and read.
2. He hung up and sat down discouraged.
Could you explain why sigh and discourage are individually used in the form of V-ing and V-en .
Thank you very much!! |
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pinenut
Joined: 16 Feb 2006
Posts: 165
Location: Illinois, U.S.A.
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| Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 6:59 am Post subject: Re: Could you please explain the structures for me? |
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| Jerry Chen wrote: |
Hello,
I have two sentences here and please tell me why they are that way.
1. Sighing, he opened the book and read.
2. He hung up and sat down discouraged.
Could you explain why sigh and discourage are individually used in the form of V-ing and V-en .
Thank you very much!! |
1. AS he was sighing, he opened the book and read.
2. He hung up and sat down as he was discouraged.
Subordinating clauses with such conjuctions as 'as', 'because', 'while', 'when', and so forth are often reduced to participle clauses. |
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