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18 Dec 2017, 23:36
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Considering the following examples,
1. The angry man, frustrated by the system and screaming about the parties is a hypocrite.
2. The angry man, frustrated by the system and screamed about the parties is a hypocrite.
3. The angry man, a hypocrite, was frustrated by the system and screaming about the parties.
4. The angry man, a hypocrite, was frustrated by the system and screamed about the parties.
I know 1 and 4 are right and that 2 is wrong. Is 3, right?
1. The angry man, frustrated by the system and screaming about the parties is a hypocrite.
2. The angry man, frustrated by the system and screamed about the parties is a hypocrite.
3. The angry man, a hypocrite, was frustrated by the system and screaming about the parties.
4. The angry man, a hypocrite, was frustrated by the system and screamed about the parties.
I know 1 and 4 are right and that 2 is wrong. Is 3, right?
18 Dec 2017, 23:57
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In my opinion, 3rd is not right. If you consider the non parallel part till "the angry man, a hypocrite, was", then frustrated and screaming will become parallel. "Frustrated" here is an adjective ('was' is a linking verb connecting subject to adjective), while 'screaming' is acting as a verb. And verbs can't be parallel to adjective. So I think, there is a problem with this sentence.
I'd also say that there seems to be a problem with #2. "screamed" is a verb here, can't be parallel to participle "frustrated".
I'd request experts to chime in. thanks.
28 Dec 2017, 17:05
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For no.3 the screaming doesn’t act as a verb as verbing should be preceded by a BE verb to make verbing as verb . E.g. was As the sentence is in past tense
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