This woman was a cat hater, everyone knowing it.

[diamondcutter]

1. This woman was a cat hater and everyone knew it.
2. This woman was a cat hater, everyone knowing it.

I’d like to know whether I can change sentence #1 to sentence #2 without changing the meaning.

 

[emsr2d2]

No, you can't. Sentence #2 isn't grammatical.