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Combine the following pair of sentences by making use of a participle.
They seized him by the collar. They led him away.
  1. Having seized him by the collar, they led him away.
  2. Having seizing him by the collar, they led him away.
  3. Leading him away, they seized him by the collar.
  4. Leading away, they seized him by the collar.

A
Leading him away, they seized him by the collar.
B
Having seizing him by the collar, they led him away.
C
Leading away, they seized him by the collar.
D
Having seized him by the collar, they led him away.
Solution
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A gerund is a form of a verb used as a noun, whereas a participle is a form of verb used as an adjective or as a verb in conjunction with an auxiliary verb.

The correct option is option A as 'having' though a verb form acts like an adjective here and gives us an idea about what happens in the sentence. i.e. Someone's collar was grabbed.

The incorrect options are:
B - as the tense of 'seizing' is incorrect.
C and D - Leading here acts like a verb and not an adjective. Thus it isn't used as a participle here.

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