English_for_Finance_and_Banking

THE SUBJECTIVE PARTICIPLE COMPLEX

is used with the verbs denoting sense perceptions:

to see

to hear

to watch

to notice

to consider

She was seen walking along the street.

Two people were heard quarelling.

They were watched playing in the garden.

He was noticed entering the office.

The work was considered finished.

The rain having stopped, we went home.

The day being fine, she went for a walk.

Time permitting, we’ll go to the forest.

In this complex Participle has its own subject expressed by a noun in the Common Case or a personal pronoun in the Nominative case.

Functions	Examples
Complex Subject (The Subjective Participle complex)	They were heard speaking in a lively manner. He was seen surrounded by a group of students. He was noticed entering the library.
Complex Object (The Objective Participle complex)	I saw the workers packing the goods. They watched the car being repaired. They want the goods shipped on Monday.
Attribute	The cars being produced at our plant are very good.
Adverbial Modifier	Walking in the park, he met his old friend.
The Absolute participle complex	The letter being written, I went to post it. He being tired, I decided not to disturb him.

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