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correct my sentences (A little girl walked past, her droll dragging behind her) #1 (permalink) Thu Jul 12, 2007 22:04 pm   correct my sentences (A little girl walked past, her droll dragging behind her)
 

Comment on what is the following, that is to say, correct them.

The adverb:
which one of these sentences are incorrect and why?
1- A little girl walked past, her droll dragging behind her.
- A little girl walked past, dragging her droll behind her. ( dragging is an adverb)

2- A little girl walked past, her droll dragged behind her by her dog.
- A little girl walked past, dragged her droll behind her by her dog. ( gragged is an adverb)

Adverbial inversion
1) Adverbial with the passive verb-to-be:
- Without inversion: John was shot on the head.
- With inversion: On the head was shot John.
- With adverbial inversion with past participle passive inversion: Shot on the head was John.

2) Adverbial with the active verb-to-be:
- Without inversion: Your child is sitting in the garden.
- With inversion: In the garden is sitting your child.
- With adverbial inversion with present participle active inversion: Sitting in the garden is your child.

- Word order is
1) The + comparative expression + Subject + Verb.
2) The + comparative expression + Object + Subject + Verb.

Examples:
- The more you review, the higher grade you get.
- The more people he sees, the more he says, 'he is friend.'
- The more stories you write, the more talent will develop.
- The more exercise she does, the less your weight reduce.
- The more he buys gifts to his children, the less his money decrease.

Make sure of what is written under.

- The wh- + auxiliary verb + subject + verb? Here the wh- is always a pronoun.
For example: what is she doing for a living?

- The wh- + noun + auxiliary verb + subject + verb? Here the wh- is always a determiner.
For example: what ( kind of ) job is she doing for a living?
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correct my sentences #2 (permalink) Thu Jul 12, 2007 23:58 pm   correct my sentences
 

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