LOOSE PARTICIPLES（第1页）

LOOSEPARTICIPLES

Aparticipleorparticipialphraseisnaturallyreferredtothenominative。Ifoiveisexpresseditclaimsalltheparticiplesthatareruoftheseherwisefixed。"Jinthefieldalldayahirsty，drankfrstream。"HeretheparticipleswaingclearlyrefertoJohn。Butie;SweptalongbythemobIotsavehim，"theparticipleasitwereislyingaroundlooseaorefertoeitherthepersonspeakingortotheperso。ItmaymeanthatItaloheindividualwhomItriedtosavetalong。

"Goingiherooffell"betakenthatitwastheroofwhichwasgoingiorewhenitfell。Ofcoursethemeahatsomepersonorpersiorejustastherooffell。

Ierulesthereshouldbesuessastoprecludeallpossibilityofambiguity。Theparticipleshouldbesoplacedthatthereodoubtastothenountowhichitrefers。Oftenitisadvisabletosupplysuchwordsaswillmakethemeaningobvious。