After the library
(1) After I left the library, I went shopping.
(2) After the library, I went shopping.
I am sure (1) is correct. Some of my non-native English speaking friends took "I left" out of the first sentence and rewrote it. (2) is the rewritten one. I am not sure if the second sentence makes sense.
Please help us. Thanks a lot.
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ansonguy (1) After I left the library, I went shopping. (2) After the library, I went shopping. I am sure (1) is correct.
- ansonguy (1) After I left the library, I went shopping.
- (2) After the library, I went shopping.
- I am sure (1) is correct.
- Some of my non-native English speaking friends took "I left" out of the first sentence and rewrote it.
- (2) is the rewritten one.
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ansonguy(1) After I left the library, I went shopping.
(2) After the library, I went shopping.
I am sure (1) is correct. Some of my non-native English speaking friends took "I left" out of the first sentence and rewrote it. (2) is the rewritten one. I am not sure if the second sentence makes sense.
As an isolated utterance, (2) doesn't
0ansonguyI am not sure if the second sentence makes sense.
Yes, it makes sense. In conversational English it might be used as an abbreviated way of saying "After going to / visiting the library, I went shopping", or something like that. It does not especially evoke the idea of "after I left the library", but often this distinction may not be an import
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