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Vincent Teo Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
A live parade / parade live
Can I say,
(a) They watched a (national ) parade live on TV.
(b) They saw / watched a live parade on the television.
(a) They watched a (national ) parade live on TV.
(b) They saw / watched a live parade on the television.
Top answer
Both are ok.
- Both are ok.
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Both express kind of the same thing.
(a) means that you saw it live.
(b) means it was live.
so.....the same
(a) means that you saw it live.
(b) means it was live.
so.....the same
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Vincent TeoThey saw / watched a live parade on the television.Not idiomatic. It implies they could also watch a dead parade, which is rather bizarre I think.
Vincent TeoThey watched a (national ) parade live on TV.Fine. The grouping is not [parade live]. It's [live on TV], which means that you are watching the event as
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