Adverbial clause of time
1) Yesterday I met your brother buying something for his children.
Does (1) mean:
2) Yesterday I met your brother while he was buying something for his children.
Is the following correct and does it mean the same as (2)?
3) Yesterday I met your brother, buying something for his children. (with a comma after "brother")
Top answer
Rizan Malik Does (1) mean:2) Yesterday I met your brother while he was buying something for his children. It leans that way because of "his", but the sentence is faulty. Not only is it ambiguous in the way you noticed, "met" clashes with "buying" because to meet is momentary and buying is continuous.
- Rizan Malik Does (1) mean:2) Yesterday I met your brother while he was buying something for his children.
- It leans that way because of "his", but the sentence is faulty.
- Not only is it ambiguous in the way you noticed, "met" clashes with "buying" because to meet is momentary and buying is continuous.
- You could have seen him buying something because seeing encompasses his activity.
- Rizan Malik Is the following correct and does it mean the same as (2)?
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Rizan MalikDoes (1) mean:2) Yesterday I met your brother while he was buying something for his children.
It leans that way because of "his", but the sentence is faulty. Not only is it ambiguous in the way you noticed, "met" clashes with "buying" because to meet is momentary and buying is continuous. You could have seen him buying something because seeing en
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