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Onizo Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Falling off or has fallen off


Is the hat falling off or has fallen off (should I have made sentence "or does it have fallen off" or as is ok?) to describe the situation of the hat?

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" It has already happened. To say "is falling off", some part of the hat still needs to be on the creature's head, which, according to the illustration, is not the case.

  • " It has already happened.
  • To say "is falling off", some part of the hat still needs to be on the creature's head, which, according to the illustration, is not the case.
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Onizo,

I would say, "the hat has fallen off." It has already happened. To say "is falling off", some part of the hat still needs to be on the creature's head, which, according to the illustration, is not the case.
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The hat is off but hasn't fallen to the ground, and the curved segments indicate things in motion, so "falling off" is the more appropriate.

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