<p>Whistling ‘‘Beat It’’, I lifted the weights.</p>
<p>Whistling here is a Present participle(Present Participles always act as adjectives and modify nouns). Whistling here is NOT modifying ‘‘I’’ but is modifying ‘‘lifted’’(HOW lifted??? Lifted while whistling ‘‘Beat It’’).</p>
<p>Any explanations ??? I am COMPLETELY FLUMMOXED.</p>
<p>If whistling is a present participle then it is an adjective.</p>
<p>If Whistling is an adjective that modifies the noun “lifted,” then lifted is a noun.</p>
<p>If “lifted” is a noun, then there are no verbs in the sentence.</p>
<p>If there are no verbs in a sentence, then it is not a sentence.</p>
<p>(Hint: Lifted isn’t a noun)</p>
<p>Care to explain where you found this?</p>
<p>^ Well…(I have the SAME EXACT thoughts you have)</p>
<p>I found it in a GMAT book that is called MGMAT.</p>
<p>I trust this book. The problem is that it(MGMAT) explained this concept briefly.</p>
<p>ANY EXPLANATIONS???( I think I will die before I uncover all the ‘‘mysteries’’ of grammar.)</p>
<p>bump char10…</p>