<p>(Determined) to make a name (for herself) (as a writer) of short stories, Helen never submits anything to an editor until (revising) it several times. (NE)</p>
<p>What is wrong with "revising"? Should it be "until she has revised"?</p>
<p>A great gray owl (flying low) across a forest clearing, its (wings beating) quietly and its ultrasensitive ears tuned to the (faint sounds) made by small (creatures concealed) under leaves. </p>
<p>The answer is A. Isn’t B also wrong because doesn’t “wings beating” have to be parallel to “ears tuned”?</p>
<p>It should be having revised, the perfect present participle, not the present participle. The sentence means that she doesn’t submit anything, unless it is revised, which is in the past.</p>
<p>B is correct because beating and beated are different. The present participle means that the noun that it is modifying is doing the action, thus wings are beating. Beated means the noun that it is modifying is the recipient. But wings are not beated, they beat. The ears do not tune themselves, thus it is the past participle</p>
<p>“flying low” is wrong because low is modifying flying, which is a verb; so low needs to be changed to the adverb lowly.</p>
<p>Oh just realized, I meant B as correct as in there is not an error…A is the wrong one</p>
<p>Ya I read it and I’m like wait a minute, then I understood what you meant.</p>
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<p>How is it in the past?</p>
<p>It should be ‘flew’ low or ‘flies’ low. The sentence as it is isn’t a sentence. It lacks a verb. The present participle ‘flying’ can’t act as the verb.</p>
<p>It has to be in the past…the main verb is submits, which is present. Thus, revising is in the past because she revises it before she sends it in…</p>
<p>@Wood5540 Its a dependent clause.</p>
<p>Also, I think my reason is wrong. It should be because flying is an ADJECTIVE and not a verb, so its still lowly because an adjective of an adjective is an adverb.</p>
<p>@blob793</p>
<p>If it’s a dependent clause, then the whole sentence lacks a verb. It’s either “flies low” or “wings beat quietly and ears (are) tuned to …”</p>