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Angliholic Posted 19 years ago
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Everyone smiled at the sound of the baby's laughter.

Everyone smiled at the sound of the baby's laughter.

I don't think the above sounds logical, and I tend to reword it as follows:

Everyone smiled at the baby who was laughing.

Everyone smiled at the baby who made a sound of laughter.

Am I reasonable? Thanks.
  

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Hi, Everyone smiled at the sound of the baby's laughter. I don't think the above sounds logical, The sentence sounds fine to me and I tend to reword it as follows: Everyone smiled at the baby , who was laughing. This doesn't really say explicitly why they smiled Everyone smiled at the baby who made a sound of laughter.

— Clive

  • Hi, Everyone smiled at the sound of the baby's laughter.
  • I don't think the above sounds logical, The sentence sounds fine to me and I tend to reword it as follows: Everyone smiled at the baby , who was laughing.
  • This doesn't really say explicitly why they smiled Everyone smiled at the baby who made a sound of laughter.
  • This is a very clumsy and awkward clause Clive
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Hi,

Everyone smiled at the sound of the baby's laughter.

I don't think the above sounds logical, The sentence sounds fine to me

and I tend to reword it as follows:

Everyone smiled at the baby, who was laughing. This doe
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AngliholicEveryone smiled at the sound of the baby's laughter.

I don't think the above sounds logical

Can you explain what about the sentence sounds wrong to you?
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Grammar Geek
Angliholic
Everyone smiled at the sound of the baby's laughter.

I don't think the above sounds logical

Can you explain what about the sentence sounds wrong to you?

Thanks, Clive and GG.

How could people smiled at the sound of ... ? I presume it should be more logi
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Hi Angliholic. When we say "Everyone smiled at the sound of...." it means "everyone smiled when they heard the sound of...." It does not mean they "smiled at the sound" the same way they might "smile at the baby," although I can see why you might read it that way. Think of it as "At the sound of the baby's laughter, everyone smiled."

You can also say "he jumped out of bed at t
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KhoffHi Angliholic. When we say "Everyone smiled at the sound of...." it means "everyone smiled when they heard the sound of...." It does not mean they "smiled at the sound" the same way they might "smile at the baby," although I can see why you might read it that way. Think of it as "At the sound of the baby's laughter, everyone smiled."

You can also sa
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