The garbage bags slipped from her hands, crashing to the ground.
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closed as not a real question by jwpat7, Andrew Leach, tchrist, Robusto, Kristina Lopez Mar 7 at 19:07
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In a word, no. I presume you are referring to the apparent tense difference between slipped and crashing. However, crashing to the ground is a participle phrase (that is, a verb phrase functioning as an adjective) that modifies the noun, bags. As such it is under no requirement to conform to the tense of the main verb. As noted on the linked page,
The bags, at the point when they were slipping, were also crashing; Thus the present participle (crashing) is called for. |
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There is no tense problem even if it appears there is. This is a very common usage. However, I think on would suit better:
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Yes, there is a problem. I think the sentence should read:
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