in front of a grocery store, half-hidden by a parked car

[Khamala]

They were sitting at the corner of Georgia Street and Lamont Street in front of a grocery store, half-hidden by a parked car so that the gunman, who glanced around briefly before following Pumpkin into the alley, didn't see them.

Why they use half-hidden after comma? Please rewrite full sentence! Thanks!

 

[Tdol]

Try adding a comma after car.

 

[emsr2d2]

Why did they the writer use "half-hidden" after the comma? Please rewrite the full sentence.

Thanks! Don't thank us in advance. Thank us after we help you - hover over the "Like" button and you will see the "Thank" icon.

It's already a full grammatical sentence. We can't rewrite it. It's correct!

I'm not sure what your question is. Are you asking us why the word "half-hidden" was used, or are you asking why there's a comma before it?

 

[Khamala]

It's already a full grammatical sentence. We can't rewrite it. It's correct!

I'm not sure what your question is. Are you asking us why the word "half-hidden" was used, or are you asking why there's a comma before it?

I know the meaning but I don't know why they use an adjective after comma? Is it reduced clause or what?

 

[emsr2d2]

I'll leave it to a grammarian to explain the terminology but there is nothing unusual about using an adjective after a comma.

I sat on the bed, tired from my walk.
He slammed the door, annoyed at what his husband had said.
They ate the rations slowly, terrified that there wouldn't be any more food for days.

 

[emsr2d2]

@Khamala - please don't write a new post to say "Thank you" to anyone. You have clearly found the "Like" button. If you hover over that button, another six icons will pop up. The first one is the "Thanks" icon. It looks like this:
Use that on any response you are grateful for. It saves time for everyone.

 

[jutfrank]

As with your previous post, you're asking about the use of participle phrases, which we use to splice two sentences into one.

Look at theses two sentences.

They were sitting in front of a grocery store.
They were half-hidden by a parked car.

Now we can splice them together to make one long sentence:

They were sitting in front of a grocery store, half-hidden by a parked car.

The blue bit is a participle phrase, headed by a past participle.

 

[Khamala]

As with your previous post, you're asking about the use of participle phrases, which we use to splice two sentences into one.

Look at theses two sentences.

They were sitting in front of a grocery store.
They were half-hidden by a parked car.

Now we can splice them together to make one long sentence:

They were sitting in front of a grocery store, half-hidden by a parked car.

The blue bit is a participle phrase, headed by a past participle.

I'm always confused when seeing long sentences with comma, semicolon, dash, v-ing and v-ed. Whenever I face a sentence different from S-V-O, I cry a lot

 

[Tarheel]

I'm always confused when seeing long sentences with commas, semi-colons, dashes and so forth. Whenever I see a sentence different from S-V-O, I cry a lot.

Hopefully as you get used to them you will be crying less and less.