MamtaKrishnia wrote:
I am almost always confused as to when to use the -ing form over present or past participle.
For eg in the following Q:
First discovered more than 30 years ago, Lina's Sunbird a four-and-a-half inch animal found in the Philippines and that resembles a hummingbird,
has shimmering metallic colors on its head;
a brilliant orange patch, bordered with red tufts, in the center of its breast;and a red eye.
a) found in the Philippines and that resembles
b) found in the Philippines and that,resembling
c) found in the Philippines ad resembling
d) that is found in the Philippines and it resembles
e) that is found in the Philippines ans that, resembling
This is very tricky question. C is the best answer.
need parallelism so eliminate A (THAT refers to what; no parallelism), B (THAT), and D(THAT...IT).
C vs. E
In C: FOUND and RESEMBLING are parallel. Both of them are participle. Only C makes sentence run.
C: First discovered more than 30 years ago,
Lina's sunbird, a four-and-a-half-inch animal
found in the Philippines and
resembling a hummingbird,
has shimmering metallic colors on its head; a brilliant orange patch, bordered with red tufts, in the center of its breast; and a red eye
In E, If we choose
a four-and-a-half-inch animal as the objective, the sentence made by this rule is not correct. ==> Eliminate E.
E. First discovered more than 30 years ago, Lina's sunbird,
a four-and-a-half-inch animal that is found in the Philippines and that, resembling a hummingbird,
has shimmering metallic colors on its head; a brilliant orange patch, bordered with red tufts, in the center of its breast; and a red eye