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rayt
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 Posted: Sun Jul 14, 2013 3:51 am Post subject: why "carrying" not "carried"?? |
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Dear teachers,
Both boys entered the deserted park, each ___ a bat to fight with. The duel would be fought until one knocked down the other.
Could please advise me why <carrying> is the answer here, instead of <carried>? As " Both boys entered the deserted park" is past tense?!
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IanT
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| Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2013 4:57 am Post subject: |
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It's connected to the punctuation.
If you had:
"Both boys entered the deserted park. Each carried a bat to fight with."
... then that would be fine. But two main verbs like that, separated only by a comma, feels a bit strange.
So with only a comma, "carrying..." is used, like an adverb phrase to describe how they entered.
Does that help?
Best wishes,
Ian
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