The Conjunct Order Participial Mode forms noun-like verbs in constructions resembling relative clauses, in which one of the arguments of the verb functions as the head of the phrase.
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Both of these words are derived from; is the phonologically regular outcome, while is an analogical reformation based on the corresponding participial form of other verbs of the same class.
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For example, " looking hard at the sign " and " beaten by his father " are participial phrases based respectively on an English present participle and past participle.
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It is clear that most groups are followed by participial or subjunctive moods, which are precisely the moods often used when forming sequences of verbs or subordinate clauses using non-deficient verbs.
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:: All three versions are correct . " Explaining why . . . " and " this being why . . . " are participial expressions that serve as adverbs modifying the main clause.
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As Robert Peyser of Brookline, Mass ., writes, " Might you not agree that the participial phrase beginning with the words ` Standing here'ought to modify ` I'?"
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In the example, the participial phrase, literally " the one going to be a good general, " is used to embed the idea " he will be a good general " within the main verb.
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Elliptical, clipped, casual _ not always, but usually _ rapid-fire words in a grammar-impaired zone where spelling is erratic, participial clauses rare, rhetorical devices such as litotes all but extinct.
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"He's taking the root meaning of the verb, " replies Fred Mish, editor in chief of Merriam-Webster's 10th Collegiate, " and transferring it to the participial adjective.
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On the other hand, as it is shown by predicate adjectives or participial constituents of the infinitive clause, in the following examples an accusative is understood and must be supplied by context as the subject of the infinitive.
