Re: absolute constructs
Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2012 6:27 am
Provided you amended it to "...scattering its contents", I would accept the first.
If, however, you wished to retain a true absolute construction, you might say e.g. 'its contents spilling all over...'.
As regards the second, obviously it is grammatically possible and meaningful (although not particularly natural).
If, however, you wished to retain a true absolute construction, you might say e.g. 'its contents spilling all over...'.
As regards the second, obviously it is grammatically possible and meaningful (although not particularly natural).