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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Is this sentence make sense?

Feeling hot, I took off my coat.
  

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Does this sentence make sense? Yes, it's grammatical and understandable. But it's not (in my opinion) very natural.

— BarbaraPA

  • Does this sentence make sense?
  • Yes, it's grammatical and understandable.
  • But it's not (in my opinion) very natural.
  • I was hot, so I took off my coat.
  • I took off my coat because I was hot.
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Does this sentence make sense?

Yes, it's grammatical and understandable. But it's not (in my opinion) very natural.

I was hot, so I took off my coat.
I took off my coat because I was hot.
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Feeling hot, I took of my coat.
Anonymous Is this sentence make sense?
Yes. It's correct, and quite natural.

<< Is this sentence make sense?>> This one has a small problem.
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I always enjoy it when two native speakers have different opinions. It's not that one is right and the other is wrong. It's just that there is almost always more than one way to say the same thing and what is natural to one person is not necessarily natural to another.
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How about this one?

Opening the door, I entered the room.
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Grammar GeekDoes this sentence make sense?Yes, it's grammatical and understandable. But it's not (in my opinion) very natural.I was hot, so I took off my coat.I took off my coat because I was hot.
Feeling hot, I take off my coat.

Does it mean that I'm hot, so I take off my coat?
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AnonymousHow about this one?Opening the door, I entered the room.
Nah. It makes it sound like you entered the room in consequence of having opened the door, and that is not what you mean, or that you entered the room while opening the door, which is absurd. You opened the door and entered the room. Let the language do its job, and trust the left-to-right time
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AnonymousOpening the door, I entered the room.
Lovely. Note that this structure is completely correct, but it is rather literary. Use it in your novel, not in your daily conversation.
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