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Lucas21c Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Could you help me?

Could you confirm whether both of the following sentence are right?
Thank you.

1. I spent several hours looking for my smartphone.
2. Looking for my smartphone, I spent several hours.
  

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#1 is fine and natural. I wouldn't call #2 wrong, but it sounds to me odd and unnatural. Note that it would sound more acceptable to say eg Looking for my smartphone, I spent several hours in the park.

— Clive

  • #1 is fine and natural.
  • I wouldn't call #2 wrong, but it sounds to me odd and unnatural.
  • Note that it would sound more acceptable to say eg Looking for my smartphone, I spent several hours in the park.
  • Clive
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#1 is fine and natural.

I wouldn't call #2 wrong, but it sounds to me odd and unnatural.
Note that it would sound more acceptable to say
eg Looking for my smartphone, I spent several hours in the park.

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Looking for my smartphone, I spent several hours searching high and low, turning over every pillow, looking under every piece of furniture and retracing my steps.
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