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Contiluo Posted 15 years ago
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Held sth on one's arms
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There was another family also out on the lake.
(1) The father was rowing while the mother held onto a little boy.
(2) The father was rowing while the mother held a little boy on her arms.
(3) The little boy wanted to try rowing , too.
There was another family also out on the lake.
(1) The father was rowing while the mother held onto a little boy.
(2) The father was rowing while the mother held a little boy on her arms.
(3) The little boy wanted to try rowing , too.
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1 is okay - perhaps suggests she is restraining the little boy from doing something 2 is not okay- you hold something in your arms [suggests carrying something fairly small like a baby] 3 is okay [though a child held in someone's arms would not be too young to row] sat with her arm round a little boy
- 1 is okay - perhaps suggests she is restraining the little boy from doing something 2 is not okay- you hold something in your arms [suggests carrying something fairly small like a baby] 3 is okay [though a child held in someone's arms would not be too young to row] sat with her arm round a little boy
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1 is okay - perhaps suggests she is restraining the little boy from doing something
2 is not okay- you hold something in your arms [suggests carrying something fairly small like a baby]
3 is okay [though a child held in someone's arms would not be too young to row]
sat with her arm round a little boy
2 is not okay- you hold something in your arms [suggests carrying something fairly small like a baby]
3 is okay [though a child held in someone's arms would not be too young to row]
sat with her arm round a little boy
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