📅 Created: 26 May, 2023
🔄 Updated: 30 Nov, 2025

Walking through the forest, ---- ?

Explanation

“Walking through the forest, the traveler saw the moon above the trees.” āĻāχ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇ participle clause (“Walking through the forest”) āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŽā§‚āϞ subject āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ āĻŽāĻŋāϞ⧇ āĻ—āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡āϛ⧇āĨ¤ participle clause āĻŽāĻžāύ⧇ – āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇āϰ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁āϤ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“ā§ŸāĻž āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļāϟāĻŋ āϝ⧇āχ āĻ•āĻžāϜāϟāĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇, āϏ⧇āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇āϰ āĻŽā§‚āϞ subject (āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ “the traveler”) āϝ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻŦāĻž āϘāϟāύāĻž āĻāϰ āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ, āϤāĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻˇā§āϟ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤

āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻšā§Ÿ “Walking through the forest, the path of the traveler was moonlit,” āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧇ subject mismatch āĻšāĻŦ⧇, āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ participle clause āĻ…āύ⧁āϝāĻžā§Ÿā§€ āϝ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŦāύ āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻšā§‡āρāĻŸā§‡ āϝāĻžāĻšā§āϛ⧇ (the traveler), āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇āχ āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋ⧟āĻž āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž āωāϚāĻŋāϤ; āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ “the path” āĻŦāϏ⧇ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤ āφāĻŦāĻžāϰ “Walking through the forest, the moon lit up the leaves of the trees” āĻŦāϞāϞ⧇ participle clause āĻāϰ actor āĻ“ āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋ⧟āĻžāĻ•āĻ°ā§āϤāĻž āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨â€“ participle clause āĻ āĻšā§‡āρāĻŸā§‡ āϝāĻžāĻ“ā§ŸāĻž traveler āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇ moon, āĻĢāϞ⧇ dangling modifier āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤ “Walking through the forest, the moon appeared like a luminous ball” āĻŦāϞāϞ⧇āĻ“ participle clause āĻāϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āϝ⧇ āĻ—ā§œāύ āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ, āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ walker āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧇ moon āϕ⧇ āĻ–āĻžāϞāĻŋ participle clause āĻāϰ agent āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āϧāϰāĻž āĻšāĻšā§āϛ⧇, āϝāĻž grammatical errorāĨ¤

āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ “Walking through the forest, the traveler saw the moon above the trees” āĻ participle clause āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ main clause āĻāĻ•āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ coherent āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤ participle clause āĻ traveler-āχ āĻšā§‡āρāĻŸā§‡ āϝāĻžāĻšā§āϛ⧇, āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ main clause āĻ āϏ⧇āχ traveler-āχ moon āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻ“ āĻ•āĻžāĻ āĻžāĻŽā§‹â€“ āωāϭ⧟ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇āχ āĻŽāĻŋāϞ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻžā§Ÿ āĻāχ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ•āĨ¤

āĻĒ⧁āύāσāϏāĻžāϰ: participle clause āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŽā§‚āϞ clause–āĻāϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ agent āĻŦāĻž subject-āϕ⧇ āĻŽā§‡āϞāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇; āĻāϰ āĻĢāϞ⧇ dangling modifier āĻā§œāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ•, āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻšā§āĻ› āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ āĻ—āĻ āύ āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤