Question

Example: "The horse trotting up to the fence, hopes that you have an apple or carrot.."

("trotting" is the participle)
Answer: Present participle, modifying "horse"
12. I looked away when I realized I was staring.
-"Staring" is a gerund, functioning as the object of the verb "was."
13. Staring off into the distance, the smoke appeared to fade.
-"Staring" is a gerund, functioning as the subject of the verb "appeared."
14. The car was flying down the road.
Flying" is a present participle, modifying "car."
15. The car was going1 so fast it seemed to be flying2.
-"Going" is a present participle, modifying "car!"
19. Running across the beach, sand was flying everywhere.
-I was a little bit confused with This sentence seems to have a dangling participle, as it
doesn't clearly specify who or what was running across the beach. It is a dangling
participle. What is "flying"?
20. Running across the beach sent sand flying everywhere.
Running" is a gerund, functioning as the subject of the verb "sent"



Can anybody help me solve 12 13, 14, 15, 19 and 20
The ones on the bottom are the things that you have to fix from the sentence

Answer 1

The sentences incorporate participles and gerunds modifying subjects or functioning as part of verb phrases. The mistakes such as dangling participles need to be addressed by revising the sentences to provide logical and grammatical coherence.

Let's analyze each sentence and identify the function of the phrases based on the context:

1. Staring is a present participle in 'I looked away when I realized I was staring.' It functions as part of the verb phrase 'was staring' and describes the state or action of the subject 'I.'
2. 'Staring off into the distance, the smoke appeared to fade.' In this sentence, 'staring' is a present participle that is intended to modify a noun that is missing, leading to a dangling participle. The sentence imparts that it is the 'smoke' that is staring, which is not logical. It should be revised to clearly state who or what is staring.
3. 'The car was flying down the road.' Here, 'flying' is a present participle modifying the noun 'car,' describing the manner of its movement.
4. 'The car was going so fast it seemed to be flying.' In this case, 'flying' is also a present participle used in the verb phrase 'to be flying,' which is part of the clause describing how the car seemed to move.
5. 'Running across the beach, sand was flying everywhere.' This sentence suffers from a dangling participle, 'running,' as it implies that the sand was running, which is not possible. A corrected version could specify the subject doing the running: 'As I was running across the beach, sand was flying everywhere.'
6. 'Running across the beach sent sand flying everywhere.' 'Running' here is a gerund functioning as the subject of the main verb 'sent.'