participial construction

[rkatk]

https://www.amazon.com/Flight-Justice-Thriller-Nino-Lama/dp/143635580X

Rain hits the windscreen like a shovel full of gravel, and the plane starts bucking: Original


Can I use hitting instead of hits in the sentence? Grammatically right?



Rain hitting the windscreen like a shovel full of gravel, and the plane starts bucking

 

[emsr2d2]

No.

 

[rkatk]

Thank you but, I have a question. Is there any possibility that the noun phrase is considered as a sentence?

 

[tedmc]

Thank you, but I have a question. Is there any possibility that the noun phrase[STRIKE] is[/STRIKE] be considered as a sentence?

A noun phrase is not a sentence.

 

[teechar]

Rain hits the windscreen like a shovel full of gravel, and the plane starts bucking.
Can I use "hitting" instead of "hits" in the sentence? Would that be grammatically right?

No. What you have there are two independent clauses (clauses that can stand on their own) joined by a coordinating conjunction (and). Therefore, each clause needs a main verb (a verb that clearly indicates tense).

Thus, the following example would also be possible.
Rain hit the windscreen like a shovel full of gravel, and the plane started bucking. ["hit" is in the past simple]

By the way, do you know why the present simple tense is used in the original?

 

[rkatk]

No. What you have there are two independent clauses (clauses that can stand on their own) joined by a coordinating conjunction (and). Therefore, each clause needs a main verb (a verb that clearly indicates tense).

Thus, the following example would also be possible.
Rain hit the windscreen like a shovel full of gravel, and the plane started bucking. ["hit" is in the past simple]

By the way, do you know what the present simple tense is used in the original?

I don't know why. That is what I saw in the link page. You can see the following.

Extract from Flight For Justice: A Legal Thriller: Lama, Nino: 9781436355803: Amazon.com: Books
It's time to declare an emergency over the radio, as if anybody on the ground can do anything to help us up here.
Rain hits the windscreen like a shovel full of gravel, and the plane starts bucking; we're getting into heavier weather, and

 

[teechar]

The present simple tense is often used in narration (telling a story).