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Youngk kim Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

both correct? or..

she gazed out the window, wondering how long it would be before her son returning home.

she gazed out the window, wondering how long it would be before her son returned home.
  

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Only "returned" is correct. You may hear "out the window" used in casual conversation, but it is not appropriate here. It should be "out of the window".

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  • Only "returned" is correct.
  • You may hear "out the window" used in casual conversation, but it is not appropriate here.
  • It should be "out of the window".
  • If these are sentences then they need a capital letter at the start.
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Only "returned" is correct.

You may hear "out the window" used in casual conversation, but it is not appropriate here. It should be "out of the window".

If these are sentences then they need a capital letter at the start.
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I think "out the window" is American English.
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tamguatlayI think "out the window" is American English.
I'd be slightly surprised if it is suitable for formal use in American English, but I am happy to be corrected if anyone knows otherwise.
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The following link has example sentences using 'out the window'.

http://fraze.it/n_search.jsp?q=out+the+window+and+saw&l=0

The following link shows that ‘out the window’ is more common in American English.
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OK, it seems that it is more accepted in AmE.
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Thanks ..
In any way, can't we transform the adverbial clasue ' before her son returned home' into the participle structure 'after her son returning home'
if we can't, why can't this sentence be transformed?
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???In any way, can't we transform the adverbial clasue ' before her son returned home' into the participle structure 'after her son returning home'
In the original question you asked about "before her son returned home" and "before her son returning home". In the second phrase, you have now also changed "before" to "after". Is that intentional? Regardless of t
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very sorry!! 'before' is right!! very sorry!!

In any way, can't we transform the adverbial clasue ' before her son returned home' into the participle structure 'before her son returning home'
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youngk kimIn any way, can't we transform the adverbial clasue ' before her son returned home' into the participle structure 'before her son returning home'
No.
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