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Angliholic Posted 18 years ago
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comfort the child crying
0 Carla ran to comfort the child crying because it had hit its head. 02 br
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00 ... comfort the crying child ... 02 br
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00 Hi, 02 br
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00 Which of the above sound better to you? Thanks. 0-
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00 ... comfort the crying child ... 02 br
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00 Hi, 02 br
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00 Which of the above sound better to you? Thanks. 0-
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0 The second one would be confusing if it finished as the first. 0-
- 0 The second one would be confusing if it finished as the first.
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0 The second one would be confusing if it finished as the first. We would wonder if it were 01 u 00 crying 02 u 00 because - - - - or if Carla 01 u 00 ran 02 u 00 because - - - - . 0-
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0 Thanks, Avangi. 02 br
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00 Thanks to your reminder, I think the first version can be also interpreted in two different ways. One is "Carla ran to comfort the child crying because it had hit its head. The other is " ...the child who was crying because it had hit its head." 02 br
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00 Nevertheless, my main concern is on "the child crying" and "the crying ch
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00 Thanks to your reminder, I think the first version can be also interpreted in two different ways. One is "Carla ran to comfort the child crying because it had hit its head. The other is " ...the child who was crying because it had hit its head." 02 br
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00 Nevertheless, my main concern is on "the child crying" and "the crying ch
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0 Neither. She ran to comfort the child who was crying because he'd hit his head. 0-
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