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Sentencewith
ParticipialPhrase

Havingheardthatmostpeople
opposedthenewlaw,thesenator
votedagainstit.

Thesecretsoftheuniverse,having
fascinatedpeopleforcenturies,
areslowlybeingrevealed.
Thesenator,whohadheardthat
mostpeopleopposedthenew
law,votedagainstit.

Sentencewith
AdjectiveClause
Thesecretsoftheuniverse,
whichhavefascinatedpeoplefor
centuries,areslowlybeingrevealed.

Present
perfect

Past
perfect


  1. Thecompanyhopesthattheimagethatis projectedbythenewmarketing
    campaignwillsucceedhalfaswellastheMarlboroManimagesucceeded
    inthe1950s.


(develop/ABCPharmaceuticalCompany)


  1. ..thepublicresponded
    generously.(ask/ todonatefoodandclothingtothehurricanevictims)


2 Thereis alsoan-edperfectform(havingbeen+a pastparticiple).However,theperfect-edformisoften
shortenedtothegeneral-edformwithnodifferenceinmeaning.Inthe followingexample,havingbeen
electedbecomeselected:Thepresident,(havingbeen)electedbya largemajority,promisedtolowertaxes.


  1. Thenewapproachsuggeststhatsmokers,whoareoftenscornedfor
    continuingtosmokedespitehealthrisks,aredaringrebels.

  2. TheMarlboroMan,whowaspicturedinhundredsofadsovertheyears,
    wasa ruggedlyhandsomecowboysmokinga Marlborocigarette.


Chapter 15 IParticipialPhrases 255

Perfectformsemphasizethecompletionofanactionthattakesplacebeforethe
actionofthemainverb.^2 Youcanchangebothpresentperfectandpastperfectverbs
intoperfectparticiples.

B. Fillintheblankswitha participialphrasecontainingan-edparticiple.Usethe
wordsinparenthesestomakethephrase,andaddcommasifnecessary.


  1. Thelanguages spoKenmostwidelyinSwitzer/Clnd areGerman,
    French,andItalian.(speak/mostwidelyinSwitzerland)

  2. Switzerland hastriedto
    remainneutralthroughoutitshistory.(situate/betweenfoursometimes
    warringcountries)


3.Children haveanadvantage
overmonolingualchildren.(raise/inbilingualfamilies)
4.Anewtreatmentformalaria

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