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Jane: Tom, you know where the hell my turtle is?
Tom: I seem to have stumbled upon it swimming in the lake yesterday.
Q1)Grammatically, is "swimming in the lake" describing "it"?
Q2)Is "it" referring to her turtle?
Q3) Is Tom's sentence grammatical and natural?
Q4) Even if a comma is added as in "I seem to have stumbled upon it, swimming in the lake yesterday", is "swimming in the lake" still describing "it"?
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Jane: Tom, you know where the **** my turtle is? Tom: I seem to have stumbled upon it swimming in the lake yesterday. Q1)Grammatically, is "swimming in the lake" describing "it"?
- Jane: Tom, you know where the **** my turtle is?
- Tom: I seem to have stumbled upon it swimming in the lake yesterday.
- Q1)Grammatically, is "swimming in the lake" describing "it"?
- Yes Q2)Is "it" referring to her turtle?
- Yes Q3) Is Tom's sentence grammatical Yes and natural?
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Jane: Tom, you know where the **** my turtle is?
Tom: I seem to have stumbled upon it swimming in the lake yesterday.
Q1)Grammatically, is "swimming in the lake" describing "it"? Yes
Q2)Is "it" referring to her turtle? Yes
Q3) Is Tom's sentence grammatical Yes and natural? No. The idea of 'stumbling on' something in water is a bit odd. In ad
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