Does anyone know the correct term for phrases at the start of a sentence that describe continuous action, before the tense of the sentence settles into the past perfect?
I may have described that badly, but the sort of thing I mean is '*Running for the bus*, Sophie thought about her holidays.' or '*Looking through the photo album*, I remembered when we climbed Everest.'?
I've googled 'fronted adverbials', but those phrases don't seem to take the place of an adverb. Or do they? They do sort of add meaning to the main verb, but there is not an adverb in sight (as I understand the term, anyway). I was good at grammar once upon a time, and understood the rules and how to explain them, but all the terms for parts of speech seem to have changed, and to be honest, I am more confused after googling than I was before.
My sister is trying to help her daughter to help her 8 year old granddaughter with her English schoolwork, and the little one is getting frustrated whilst the adults are all bewildered.
To think that London, or anywhere else for that matter, does not belong to any one demographic
I've got another 'keen'... Ouch!
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