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Wowenglish Posted 15 years ago
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I would like to know which sentence is correct.

If both are correct , I wonder if there is subtle difference between "1" and "2".

1. The suspect took off and left him injured.

2. The suspect left him injured and took off.
  

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The 'and' here is used to describe two events in-which one occurs after the other, in this case the two actions are "taking off" and "leaving the man injured". Once the suspect has taken off, he's already left the man injured; in other words "leaving the man injured" must be the first action. Given that, I'm pretty sure that the first sentence is not strictly correct - it also sounds a bit strange to me as well.

— Makka2802

  • The 'and' here is used to describe two events in-which one occurs after the other, in this case the two actions are "taking off" and "leaving the man injured".
  • Once the suspect has taken off, he's already left the man injured; in other words "leaving the man injured" must be the first action.
  • Given that, I'm pretty sure that the first sentence is not strictly correct - it also sounds a bit strange to me as well.
  • g.
  • "He left the party and went home", would not make sense if it were: "He went home and left the party", because 'he' needs to have left the party first before going home.
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The 'and' here is used to describe two events in-which one occurs after the other, in this case the two actions are "taking off" and "leaving the man injured". Once the suspect has taken off, he's already left the man injured; in other words "leaving the man injured" must be the first action. Given that, I'm pretty sure that the first sentence is not strictly correct - it also sounds a bit strang
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