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Tinanam0102 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

He turned to her in shock

Hi teachers,

The doctor turned to Emma in shock

Who is in shock?

Thank you.

Tinanam
  

Top answer

Hi, The doctor. A native speaker would not say it this way if he meant Emma. Clive

  • Hi, The doctor.
  • A native speaker would not say it this way if he meant Emma.
  • Clive
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Hi,



The doctor.

A native speaker would not say it this way if he meant Emma.



Clive
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Hi Clive,

Thank you for answering my question.

I saw this sentence in a book. I have a further few questions.

1. The doctor turned to Emma shockingly. Does shockingly work as "in shock"?

2. The doctor turned to Emma who is in shock. Would this sentence correct to express Emma is in shock? How would you paraphrase this?

3. The doctor turned to sh
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Hi,

I saw this sentence in a book. I have a further few questions.

1. The doctor turned to Emma shockingly. Does shockingly work as "in shock"? No.

The adverb 'shockingly' modifies the verb 'turned'. eg when the doctor turned, that shocked everybody.

2. The doctor turned to Emma, who was is in shock. Would this sentence correct to expres
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tinanam0102The doctor turned to shocking Emma.
If I may **** in, note that with a slight change this could be quite funny -- if you have that sort of sense of humor.

The doctor returned to shocking Emma.

He was shocking her. He paused. He went back to shocking her again.

(Whether he shocked her by his bad behavior or
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Hi Clive, hi CalifJim,

Thanks for your help. Now I can see a simply sentence could be very funny.

Could you check my understanding?

1. "in shock" referring to the doctor that was shocked. A state he was in. Is it correct?

2. Is this sentence correct? The doctor turned to a shocked Emma. (Emma was shocked, her state?)

Thank you.

Tinan
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Hi,

Could you check my understanding?

1. "in shock" referring to the doctor that was shocked. A state he was in. Is it correct? Yes

2. Is this sentence correct? Yes The doctor turned to a shocked Emma.

(Emma was shocked, her state?) She was shocked. But it sounds less like her ongoing state and more like she was momentarily shocked, eg by
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Hi Clive,

Thank you so much for your help.

Have a nice day.

Tina

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