http://www.englishforums.com/English/EslGeneralEnglishGrammar-Questions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here. <font color=red>DO NOT post paragraphs and compositions here. Post them in our <a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayReportCompositionWriting/Forum9.htm"><b>Essay, Report and Composition Writing Forum</b></a>.</font>enXMOD (Build: 3614.32638)http://www.englishforums.com/English/ParticipialConstructions/hghdd/post.htm#616235Tue, 24 Mar 2009 01:15:09 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:616235Clive0http://www.englishforums.com/English/ParticipialConstructions/hghdd/post.htm#616235http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-616235.xmlHi, It&#39;s better if you tell us what you think, first. Do you have a definition of what &quot;a participial construction&quot; is? If not, read this link and you will find one, with an example. http://books.google.ca/books?id=CHsSAAAAIAAJ&amp;pg=PA468&amp;lpg=PA468&amp;dq=%22participial+construction%22&amp;source=web&amp;ots=uiL5SuREFi&amp;sig=Lu5ul41bI4MsyM3gOSXp6TDwHpQ&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=book_result&amp;resnum=8&amp;ct=result Best wishes, Clivehttp://www.englishforums.com/English/ParticipialConstructions/hghdd/post.htmSat, 24 Jan 2009 01:15:09 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:616202Anonymous1http://www.englishforums.com/English/ParticipialConstructions/hghdd/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-616202.xmlwhich of these sentences have paticipial constructions? 1. The eventual launch of a Social Democratic Party, possibly with Mrs. W. as a leader, is one tactic being seriously considered. 2. Mexico City – Having long considered a strong military unnecessary, Mexico suddenly decided to spend a portion of its oil earnings on armaments – and for the first intended to buy supersonic jet fighters in the United States. 3. While seeing the danger it is also essential to confront the pessimism created by a section of the mass media. 4. They wanted a Government freely chosen by the will of the people. 5. We will not seek to frustrate the consensus, since it is not in the world interest to have the work of the General Assembly immobilized in those...