Hi, Chamelon, I was hoping you could enlighten me on the subject of participles. I have read extensively on their uses, but I cannot find one definite answer for my quandary. What is the difference between the types of particples? Sometimes they

Thank you both, especially Alphecca. That was well explained! I have strugled to find this info anywhere. Just to see that I'm right about one thing, is this correct. The past participle, when describing the noun, is used ONLY in passive

Thanks for that. So sometimes it refers to time/tense, while other times, it refers to its form. How do you know when to use one or the other? For example, Lisa is Taranaki’s very own ultra marathoner who has recently completed the Badwater

When thinking about participles, don't be misled by the words present and past. These terms refer to different forms of verbs, not to different times or tenses . What does it mean by this statement? Tense does indicate which form you use

Hi, Mister Micawber, when is the omittion of the article grammatically acceptable? How come the sentence examples with no articles above yours are acceptable? Are there a set of rules for this? Or is this part of speech, the determiner, never

Hi, again. Ing phrases function as adjectives, like relative clauses, so they always modify/describe a noun, like relative clauses. So in the sentence, which you asked about, the ing phrases modify the restaurant. In this sentence, the ing phrases

Cheers. I just disregarded the comma splice since there is no subject; thus it isn't a clause. But I suppose you are saying they are implied and that there are two different thoughts. Would you be able to tackle a question of my own; it is on

Someone wrote this sentence and asked why it is wrong to have the comma separating the verb phrase. He was annoyed there was no paint and didn't need to rush to work, had much better things to do at 8am. Would you say this sentence is

Recently, I've been trying to add variety to my writing, so I learned about summative modifiers, resumptive modifiers and the 17 types of free modifiers. They are all straight foward, but I have a question regarding the relationship between

Hi, I don't know why know one answered this question, but if it is because they don't know the answer, I've found it. I discovered an extremely useful website discussing the 17 types of free modifiers and how they are punctuated. It