Participle phrase

I felt hot. Then I took off my coat.

I felt hot, so I took off my coat.

How can you make one simple sentence with only one main verb?

Someone came up with this. “Feeling hot, I took off my coat.”

The guy criticized harshly and tried to ….. …..

(Absolutely Chinglish -好熱呀, 除咗件衫先.)

My interpretation of his remark is as follows:

I felt hot. ~ one event

I took off my coat. ~ another event.

好熱呀 ~ 先 (先感覺好熱)

除咗件衫 ~ 後

These two events did not happen at the same time, so present-participial phrase should not be used. He considered the two events were in conflict. (~ wrong diction!)

On the other hand, suppose the two events did happen at the same time

好熱呀 ~ last for some time

除咗件衫 ~ repeated action for some time 除完一件衫又一件衫

兩件事同時間發生, 可以使用 present-participial phrase, but he also asked:

"If you take off your coat already, how can you take your coat off again????"

Well, that is my good guess (or wild guess). My imagination runs wild! I may be wrong. In reality, we don’t know what the guy is thinking.

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Feeling hot, I took off my coat.

AhShing, Ling and I all agree that this sentence is grammatically correct.

To quote a sentence from “Oxford Practice Grammar”, page 177

“Feeling cold, Harriet turned on the heating.”

Use of present-participial phrase

1. When two actions happen at the same time, we can use a present-participial phrase for one of the action.

Mary is in the kitchen making coffee. (= Mary is in the kitchen and she makes coffee.)

2. When one action happens immediately after another action, we can often use a present-participial phrase for the first action.

Taking a key out of his pocket, he opened the door.

3. We can also use a present-participial phrase to say the reason why something happens.

Feeling tired, I went to bed. (= I went to bed because I felt tired.)

"Feeling hot, I took off my coat

This sentence is absolutely correct. It has the meaning of :

I took off my coast because of feeling hot.

feeling hot is a gerund telling us more why I took off my coat.

No, I don't.

He's just been "blindly" critical of what you've said.

2012-10-04 10:11:40 補充：

There is nothing wrong with the sentence "Feeling hot, I took off my coat".

The two actions are in cause-and-effect relationship.

Another example:

"Having taken off my coat, I felt a bit cold."

The two actions are in sequential relationship.

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(1)The two events are in a retrospective glance=a backward-looking on my off-coat because of feeling hot.The Chinese word "sin" meaning a sequence of events in series, in succession to do the next after off-my coat.

(2)"Feeling hot" is an adjective phrase used to describe a noun "I" as a subject.