1分詞構文
V-ing の副詞的な使い方で、付帯状況、 時、 理由などを表す。
1. You did a lot of fieldwork, observing chimpanzees in the wild.
〈付帯状況)
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2.1 was reading a book on the train, listening to music. 〈付帯状況)
3. Walking out of the door, I felt the first drops of rain. (時)
4. Feeling tired, I went to bed earlier than usual. (理由)
cf. 次の2つの文を比較しなさい。
Going out of the house, I saw that it was snowing.
When I went out of the house, I saw that it was snowing. sib eri