- encounter native crocodiles lurking in the shallows, whose eyes and noses are peeking out
encountered native crocodiles lurking in the shallows, whose eyes and noses peek out
had encountered native crocodiles lurking in the shallows, whose eyes and noses peek out
encounter native crocodiles lurking in the shallows, with eyes and noses peeking out
encounter native crocodiles lurking in the shallows, with eyes and noses that are peeking out
I get that A,B and C are wrong based on the verb tense as below:
A: "are peeking out"
B: encountered - incorrect use of past tense which does not go with tense in rest of the sentence.
C. had encountered - incorrect usage of past participle
I have also read the explanations on forum by Stacey. My question is if A was worded as below:
"encounter native crocodiles lurking in the shallows, whose eyes and noses peek out"
would A have been a better choice? I am aware that the relative pronoun starting with whose is modifying the noun crocodile, can the above be ok as a case of a noun modifier modifying a slightly far-away noun?