In this sentence, the wife appears to be a brilliant engineer, not Karl.
Karl Benz was a brilliant engineer and his wife always supported him.
What can you do in this case? You can use the Absolute participle clause and keep both subjects.
Karl Benz being a brilliant engineer, his wife always supported him. ( = As Karl Benz was a brilliant engineer, his wife always supported him.)
OR
Karl Benz was a brilliant engineer, with his wife always supporting him.
You can add WITH to the participle clause.
Do not translate the WITH into Russian.
48 Identify subjects and participles in the sentences below.
1. With cars doing most or all of the driving, you will be free to make the most of your time spent in the vehicle.
2. Practical moves to increase road safety in the past have made an incredible impact, with seatbelt laws and airbags reducing the annual death toll to a record low of 32,719 in 2013.
3. With the recent report predicting that driverless car technology could reduce fatalities by 90 percent by the mid-century, 29,447 lives could be saved every year.
49 Transform the sentences so that they contain the Absolute participle clause.
1. Because all cars will be automated, there will be less chance of accidents caused by human error.
2. Because traffic congestion will also decrease, it will likely take you less time to get to your destination.
3. Once autonomous vehicles go mainstream, commuters worldwide could save a combined 1 billion hours every day.
4. Adaptive headlights can be a great support to road safety, as an estimated 150,000 crashes occur each year on dark curves.
5. While traditional manufacturers slowly add semiautonomous features, Tesla is taking a more aggressive approach.
6. If a driver brakes suddenly, the car will warn others nearby to help them avoid a collision.
7. If the driver does not react to the warning, the automatic braking system immediately brings the car to a stop.
8. Self-driving cars could drastically reduce the number of accidents and thousands of lives would be saved.
Module 7 Lesson 4
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50 What will cars be like in the future? Complete the sentences with your ideas.
10 years from now, cars will have …/ cars won’t have…./ cars will be able to …
100 years from now cars will have …/ cars won’t have … / cars will be able to …
51 Listen to the audio fragment. Mark the ideas you have mentioned. Which of the speakers do you agree with?