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Tanner92 Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

I had to wait for my grandfather, being lost in the crowd.

Hello.


I would like to know whether one of these sentences could possibly mean: I had to wait for my grandfather who was lost in the crowd.


1) I had to wait for my grandfather being lost in the crowd.

2) I had to wait for my grandfather, being lost in the crowd.



Thank you.


Dominik

  

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The sentence in your question is better than either of the examples. "I had to wait for my grandfather being lost in the crowd" means you're waiting for your grandfather to get lost in the crowd. In "I had to wait for my grandfather, being lost in the crowd", the implication is that it's you who are lost in the crowd but it's grammatically incorrect anyway.

— Anonymous

  • The sentence in your question is better than either of the examples.
  • "I had to wait for my grandfather being lost in the crowd" means you're waiting for your grandfather to get lost in the crowd.
  • In "I had to wait for my grandfather, being lost in the crowd", the implication is that it's you who are lost in the crowd but it's grammatically incorrect anyway.
  • If you meant that you got lost in the crowd and had to wait for your grandfather, you would say "Being lost in the crowd, I had to wait for my grandfather".
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The sentence in your question is better than either of the examples. "I had to wait for my grandfather being lost in the crowd" means you're waiting for your grandfather to get lost in the crowd. In "I had to wait for my grandfather, being lost in the crowd", the implication is that it's you who are lost in the crowd but it's grammatically incorrect anyway. If you meant that you got lost in

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Your version is the best.

The first is not grammatical.

The second means that the speaker, not the grandfather is lost. But the non-finite clause should be positioned at the beginning of the sentence.

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Ahh. I see neither of my two sentences is correct.


Am I right that "," changes the meaning? The answer from Anonymous tells me that it does but does it work the same way as here? Please, see below.


- I ran through the crowd of people, hurrying to get to work. = I ran through the crowd. I was hurrying.

- I ran through the crowd of people hurrying

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