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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Do these sentences mean the same thing?
Hi! I am wondering whether this:
I lived in a house overlooking the sea.
Means the same as this:
I lived in a house that overlooked the sea.
Or similarly:
I helped a woman hiding from the law.
I helped a woman who was hiding from the law.
Are both sentences saying exactly the same thing? Is one preferable to the other? Thanks very much for your help.
I lived in a house overlooking the sea.
Means the same as this:
I lived in a house that overlooked the sea.
Or similarly:
I helped a woman hiding from the law.
I helped a woman who was hiding from the law.
Are both sentences saying exactly the same thing? Is one preferable to the other? Thanks very much for your help.
Top answer
Yes. I lived in a house overlooking the sea. = I lived in a house that overlooked the sea.
- Yes.
- I lived in a house overlooking the sea.
- = I lived in a house that overlooked the sea.
- I helped a woman hiding from the law.
- = I helped a woman who was hiding from the law.
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Yes.
I lived in a house overlooking the sea. = I lived in a house that overlooked the sea.
I helped a woman hiding from the law. = I helped a woman who was hiding from the law.
Neither form is preferable to the other. Within a longer essay, you might use one form at one point and the other at another point just to provide some variety in your writing.
CJ
I lived in a house overlooking the sea. = I lived in a house that overlooked the sea.
I helped a woman hiding from the law. = I helped a woman who was hiding from the law.
Neither form is preferable to the other. Within a longer essay, you might use one form at one point and the other at another point just to provide some variety in your writing.
CJ
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