RonPurewal Wrote:the key here is that a lot of past-tense verbs look the same as their modifier forms.
e.g.,
Ron came back into the house, his clothes soaked from the sudden rainstorm
--> this is a sentence.
here, "soaked" is NOT a verb (the clothes didn't soak anything!). it's a modifier.
this is also what's happening with "overlaid".
This meat is too sweet, the chef soaked it in the marinade for too long
--> this is not a sentence (it's a run-on).
here, "soaked" IS a verb, and that's the problem.
Thanks for the great explanation.
I understood the technique behind 'as high as' and 'heights of' but the past participle thing is still bothering me.
There is questions that goes like this 'Deborah Sampson joined the army in 1782, was injured and was later discharged'. Here we use 'was injured' as Deborah was the recepient of the action.
Similarily should'nt we use 'was banked' for the framework as the framework did not perform the action of banking'? ( I am not doubting the official answer, just trying to see how I can use the learning from one question to another ). if the sentence is written as 'framework was banked with dirt to a height of 3 to 4 feet', will this style be correct? I also remember one of your examples 'the shirt was pink', here pink is an adjective. So I tried using these techniques and consequently selected D.
Is my line of thinking correct?
Thanks in advance.