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Vincent Teo Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
A few sentences
Can I say,
(a) The man caught and dragged her . The man used his hand to cover Mary's mouth, but she was still screaming.
(b) The guy caught her. He dragged her into / to his car. The guy put on her mouth with his hand when she started screaming.
(a) The man caught and dragged her . The man used his hand to cover Mary's mouth, but she was still screaming.
(b) The guy caught her. He dragged her into / to his car. The guy put on her mouth with his hand when she started screaming.
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(a) The man caught and dragged her. The man used his hand to cover Mary's mouth, but she was still screaming. -- "dragged her" seems unfinished.
- (a) The man caught and dragged her.
- The man used his hand to cover Mary's mouth, but she was still screaming.
- -- "dragged her" seems unfinished.
- I expect to read that he dragged her to somewhere , or dragged her into something , or similar, just like in your next sentence.
- A more typical distribution of nouns and pronouns would be " The man caught Mary and dragged her [into his car].
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(a) The man caught and dragged her. The man used his hand to cover Mary's mouth, but she was still screaming. -- "dragged her" seems unfinished. I expect to read that he dragged her to somewhere, or dragged her into something, or similar, just like in your next sentence.
A more typical distribution of nouns and pronouns would be "The man caught Mary
A more typical distribution of nouns and pronouns would be "The man caught Mary
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