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Navitasan Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
In my room
1-Our cat was injured in my room.
2-In my room, our cat was injured.
Could these sentences be used if the cat was in an injured state in the room, but did not get injured there?
Instead of:
3-Our cat lay injured in my room.
Consider:
a-The whole house was a bedlam. Our dog was barking in the kitchen. The children were jumping about in the living room. John was crying in the bathroom. Our cat was injured in my room. (She did not get injured there. She lay there injured.)
Gratefully,
Navi.
2-In my room, our cat was injured.
Could these sentences be used if the cat was in an injured state in the room, but did not get injured there?
Instead of:
3-Our cat lay injured in my room.
Consider:
a-The whole house was a bedlam. Our dog was barking in the kitchen. The children were jumping about in the living room. John was crying in the bathroom. Our cat was injured in my room. (She did not get injured there. She lay there injured.)
Gratefully,
Navi.
Top answer
navitasan Could these sentences be used if the cat was in an injured state in the room, but did not get injured there? No.
- navitasan Could these sentences be used if the cat was in an injured state in the room, but did not get injured there?
- No.
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navitasanCould these sentences be used if the cat was in an injured state in the room, but did not get injured there?No.
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Thank you very much Mr. Micawber.
Couldn't they work with the stative meaning if they were in a list?
In the living room, the children were having a fight. In the kitchen, my parents were arguing. In the hallway, two guests had fallen asleep. In my bedroom, the cat was (lay) injured.
The children we
Couldn't they work with the stative meaning if they were in a list?
In the living room, the children were having a fight. In the kitchen, my parents were arguing. In the hallway, two guests had fallen asleep. In my bedroom, the cat was (lay) injured.
The children we
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navitasanCouldn't they work with the stative meaning if they were in a list?I don't think that a native speaker would take it that way. I certainly wouldn't.
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