Why is "....although taking..." wrong in this sentence?

Solution 1:

Rachel, a senior member at thegrammarexchange, says:

While it is possible to construct sentences in this way [although + verb-orientated ing-form], they often seem heavy, and are, indeed, an older style. There are some, though few, in the New York Times archives, a lot of them appearing in the years around 1900! Among the following examples, a few are more current....

• Mr. Draskovic, although speaking for many ordinary Serbs, especially here in the capital, is not ''inside the system.'' He said he joined the Government in ...

• although living in a large villa she had been leading a life of comparative poverty, rarely receiving visits apart from a few intimate friends who, ...

• Let's accept that explanation for the sake of argument (although, knowing fans as I do, Clemens might very well have received an ovation). ...

• although, having said that, I think I'm in denial that I am doing it now. Regardless, I think it's a matter of a person's physical condition ...

• The trial must proceed slowly, because the Duke, although having lived in the United States for sixteen years, cannot understand the English language. ...

• although having had many narrow escapes, he was never seriously wounded up to this period. He passed through the eight days' battles in the Wilderness in ...

The examples not containing parentheticals after the 'although' can be seen as deletions, eg

Mr. Draskovic, although he is/was speaking for many ordinary Serbs, especially here in the capital, is not ''inside the system.'' He said he joined the Government in ...

(Those with parentheticals after the 'although' are not the same structure.)

Note that the noun-orientated ing-form is often used after 'although':

Although taking a bath immediately after eating is usually not too serious, it is unwise.

Although the taking of a bath immediately after eating is usually not too serious, it is unwise.

.........

Shoe points out that 'Rachel' (quoted above) later says that she finds

Although throwing the ball as high as he always does, he doesn’t get much admiration from the girls.

particularly awkward.

Shoe (in a comment) then suggests that "the 'although + present particle' construction works for stative verbs or durative verbs, but not punctual/punctive verbs". This last example is iterative, just to complicate the analysis. I'd say that the present participle isn't the usual choice for a one-off punctive occurrence whether or not 'although' precedes it. But I can find nothing wrong with

Will Scarlet, although hitting the target, was disqualified for using the wrong colour of arrow.

And addressing Araucaria's point, I'm not sure if one should consider the two events in this example as having the same time-frame or not. I'd agree that some examples sound less acceptable than others, but I think this gets rather complex.