Questions tagged [participial-phrases]

He went into the room, opening the door using a skeleton key. Is the time-sequence (participial clause describing an event taking place before the main-clause event) correct? Is the ‘using’ clause showing method? Grammarly has an article…

People don’t usually think of touch as a temporal phenomenon, but it is every bit as time-based as it is spatial. You can carry out an experiment to see for yourself. Ask a friend to cup his hand, palm face up, and close his eyes. Place a small…