I can not understand exactly. please help me to understand

[indranil]

1) Akhil( name) came home from the football match covered in mud. In this sentence, "covered" modifies whom or what i mean "Akhil'' or ''match"

can i split the sentence? please explain it grammatically.

Thank you.

[TheParser]

[QUOTE=indranil;797276]1) I resent Atul getting the job. In this sentence, "getting" modifies whom 'I' or "Atul(a name)"?

can i split the sentence like this ''Getting the job, i resent Atul.'' is it correct?




***** NOT A TEACHER *****


(1) You have asked a truly excellent question.

(a) Many native speakers would also say: I resent Atul getting the job.

(b) They mean: I resent the fact that Atul got the job.

(c) Thus, the books tell us that the "correct" sentence is:

I resent Atul's getting the job. ("Atul's" modifies "getting." Whose getting?)

(i) As you know, the word "Atul's" is a possessive. For example, if you did not

want to mention Atul's name, you could say:

I resent his getting the job. (Many native speakers "incorrectly" use "him.")

(2) No, I do not think that anyone would want to say "Getting the job, I resented Atul."

If you said that, that would mean something like:

When the boss gave the job to me, I then resented Atul. (You got the job. So why

do you resent Atul?)

BUT I guess you could say:

Getting the job, I resented Atul for doing everything in his power to stop it.

That is:

I got the job. I now resent Atul because (before I got the job), he did everything

to try to stop my getting the job (for example, he went to the boss and told

lies about me).