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5 Result
An active participle after the main clause can express result.
They pumped waste into the river, killing all the fish.
The film star made a dramatic entrance, attracting everyone's attention.
6 Conditions
A participle clause can express a condition.
All being well, we should be home about six.
(= If all is w e l l , . . . )
We plan to eat outside, weather permitting.
Taken daily, vitamin pills can improve your health.
7 Idioms
We can use a participle clause in some idiomatic phrases which comment on a
statement or relate it to a previous one.
Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: