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Navitasan Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
From below
Which are correct
(He and I are swimming in a pool, so the sentences make sense.... We could be piloting planes too of course):
1-I overtook him from below.
2-I overtook him from underneath.
3-I overtook him from under him
4-I overtook him from beneath.
5-I overtook him from beneath him.
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Gratefully,
Navi
(He and I are swimming in a pool, so the sentences make sense.... We could be piloting planes too of course):
1-I overtook him from below.
2-I overtook him from underneath.
3-I overtook him from under him
4-I overtook him from beneath.
5-I overtook him from beneath him.
.
Gratefully,
Navi
Top answer
This is not quite what you asked for, but I would phrase the sentence differently. All of these are awkward. It would be clearer in two clauses.
- This is not quite what you asked for, but I would phrase the sentence differently.
- All of these are awkward.
- It would be clearer in two clauses.
- I was swimming/flying below/beneath/underneath him when I overtook him.
- Or Swimming/flying below/beneath/underneath him, I soon overtook him.
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This is not quite what you asked for, but I would phrase the sentence differently. All of these are awkward. It would be clearer in two clauses.
I was swimming/flying below/beneath/underneath him when I overtook him.
Or
Swimming/flying below/beneath/underneath him, I soon overtook him.
I was swimming/flying below/beneath/underneath him when I overtook him.
Or
Swimming/flying below/beneath/underneath him, I soon overtook him.
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