EXERCISE - 4
A participle is considered to belong to the noun or pronoun
that immediately precedes it or to the subject of the following main
verb as shown below:
The boy, climbing down the tree, broke one of the eggs
Climbing down the tree the boy broke one of the eggs
If this principle is disregarded, confusion results :
Climbing down the tree, one of the eggs broke.
Here it appears that the egg was climbing down. This
is a big error
Other examples of this kind of error are given below. Correct
the sentences :
1.
Rushing out of his friend's house, a truck knocked him over.
2.
While climbing the table to fix the bulb, the chair slipped.
3. Barking furiously, I took the dog out of the room.
4. Entering into the room, a rug caught her foot and he fell.
5. Going upstairs, the book fell.
6. Running down the hill, my ball was lost.
7. Passing under a ladder, the tin of paint tell on my head.
8. Wading across the river, the current swept away the child.
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sorry I can't understand your question please repeated as passing under ellanda the thin of paint tell on my head
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