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a shoe with a leg in it

0 A morning stroller (What do you call a person who strolls in the morning?) found a shoe with a leg in it.02br
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001. Is the sentence correct?02br
002. What do you call a person who strolls in the morning?02br
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02br 02br 00A morning jogger would be called a morning jogger, or perhaps an early morning jogger, or runner. 0-

— Avangi

  • 02br 02br 00A morning jogger would be called a morning jogger, or perhaps an early morning jogger, or runner.
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0 I believe what you have is fine.02br
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00A pedestrian, out for his moring walk/stroll.02br
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00A morning jogger would be called a morning jogger, or perhaps an early morning jogger, or runner. 0-
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0 1. Yes02br
002. You have espressed it accurately. 0-
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0 Thanks, Philip and Avangi. 0-
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0Hi,02br
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00It was a shoe with a01b00 foot02b00 in it. 02br
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00Clive0-
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0 Clive, good catch. Actually I purposely used leg to see if it is acceptable and wanted to see how native speakers would respond to it. You are the only one who's pointed it out. Let's say there's a leg with a shoe on it, should I say foot or leg?02br
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0 I think that if you found a human body part during your morning stroll, that would be what you (and everyone else) would focus on, rather than what the bit was wearing.02br
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00I found a foot. It still had a shoe on!02br
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00I found a leg. (blimey! who cares about the shoe.)02br
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00You wouldn't say 'found a sleeve with an ar
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