A. She was staring at him sitting on the bench.
Q1) What does sentence A above imply?
1. She was staring at him when he was sitting on the bench.
2. She was staring at him when she was sitting on the bench.
3. Either 1 or 2 according to context.
Q2) If sentence A is written to imply 2, is sentence A wrong?
Q3) If sentence A is ambiguous, can a comma make sentence A imply only 2 as below?
B. She was staring at him, sitting on the bench.
Please answer three questions, which will be helpful to me.
Thank you very much.
Q1: 3 Q2: Yes Q3: No
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