Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
with his head tilting or tilted
Hi,
Most of us know how to use "with +N + Ving/pp." Here are the two examples.
1) With his eyes fixed on the screen, he didn't know what I was here.
2) With his arm crossed, he showed that he wasn't happy with the results.
We know the original part is like " he fixed his eyes on the screen" or "he crossed his arms" But, it's a different case in this example.
"With his head tilting toward me," he showed that he was sorry for what he said.
I don't know if we can use "with his head tilted toward me" as well since most of us say I tilted my head. Why do we use ving not pp in this sentence. Like always, thanks a lot.
Gloria
ps. Ving = present participle pp= past participle.
Most of us know how to use "with +N + Ving/pp." Here are the two examples.
1) With his eyes fixed on the screen, he didn't know what I was here.
2) With his arm crossed, he showed that he wasn't happy with the results.
We know the original part is like " he fixed his eyes on the screen" or "he crossed his arms" But, it's a different case in this example.
"With his head tilting toward me," he showed that he was sorry for what he said.
I don't know if we can use "with his head tilted toward me" as well since most of us say I tilted my head. Why do we use ving not pp in this sentence. Like always, thanks a lot.
Gloria
ps. Ving = present participle pp= past participle.
Top answer
With the present participle, his show of remorse occurred during the tilting. With the past participle, his show of remorse occurred when the tilting was complete.
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With the present participle, his show of remorse occurred during the tilting.
With the past participle, his show of remorse occurred when the tilting was complete.
With the past participle, his show of remorse occurred when the tilting was complete.
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