0
Fire1 Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

Ambuguity of staring at him ing

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.

  

Top answer

Q1: 3 Q2: Yes Q3: No

  • Q1: 3 Q2: Yes Q3: No
Free · every Monday

Get the Weekly English Kit 📬

New words, one handy idiom, and a 2-minute quiz — delivered to your inbox to keep your streak alive.

1 Answers
0

Q1: 3


Q2: Yes


Q3: No

Related Questions