[ Grammar ] Participial Clause 2-1
S1 : John hurt himself [ trying to draw Mary’s attention. ] ( no comma before trying )
S2 : John hurt himself [ ,trying to draw Mary’s attention. ] ( comma before trying )
S3 : Trying to draw Mary’s attention, John hurt himself ( comma before John )
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Q1: Are there any differences of meaning between S1, S2 , S3 ?
—> S1 = S2 = S3 or S1 =/= S2 = S3 or ….
Q2: As for S1, S2, Which one equals to T1 and which one equals to T2?
T1: John hurt himself when he tried to draw Mary’s attention.
T2: John tried to draw Mary’s attention by hurting himself.
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Thanks :)S4 : John hurt Tom [ trying to draw Mary’s attention. ] ( no comma before trying )
S5 : John hurt Tom [ ,trying to draw Mary’s attention. ] ( comma before trying )
S6 : Trying to draw Mary’s attention, John hurt Tom ( comma before John )
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Q3: Are there any differences of meaning between S4, S5 , S6 ?
—> S4 = S5 = S6 or S4 =/= S5 = S6 or ….
Q4: Which one tried to draw Mary’s attention ? John or Tom ? in each S4, S5 , S6
Q5: Compared to S4, How do we define “ , trying to draw Mary’s attention. ” in S5?
Not Restrictive Adjective Clauses to modify Tom ?
—> John hurt Tom, who was trying to draw Mary’s attention.
or Participial Clause ?
—> John hurt Tom when John tried to draw Mary’s attention.
or Both are possible ?
Q6: As for S5, Which one has same meaning of S5, or both are possible?
T1: John hurt Tom when John tried to draw Mary’s attention.
T2: “John hurt Tom” and this thing draw Mary’s attention
Q7: If we want to emphasize that Tom got hurt and Tom also drew Mary’s attention.
T3: Tom was hurt ( by John ), drawing Mary’s attention.
T4: John hurt Tom, drawing Mary’s attention.
Is it better to write in T3 rather than T4 ?
because in T3, Tom is the Subject to make action “ to be hurt” and “ to draw” , however, in T4 the Subject is John ?