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Vincent Teo Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
looked suspiciously
Can I say,
(a) I saw a middle-age man looked / looking suspiciously outside my neighbour's house.
(b) I saw a middle-age man walking / walk suspiciously outside my neighbour's house.
(a) I saw a middle-age man looked / looking suspiciously outside my neighbour's house.
(b) I saw a middle-age man walking / walk suspiciously outside my neighbour's house.
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I saw a man acting suspiciously outside my neighbour's house. I saw a man who looked suspicious. I saw a man walking suspiciously.
- I saw a man acting suspiciously outside my neighbour's house.
- I saw a man who looked suspicious.
- I saw a man walking suspiciously.
- Verbs of sense take adjectives.
- Action verbs take adverbs.
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I saw a man acting suspiciously outside my neighbour's house.
I saw a man who looked suspicious.
I saw a man walking suspiciously.
Verbs of sense take adjectives.
Action verbs take adverbs.
I saw a man who looked suspicious.
I saw a man walking suspiciously.
Verbs of sense take adjectives.
Action verbs take adverbs.
Vincent Teo(a) I saw a middle-age man looked / looking suspiciously outside my neighbour's house. Neither one.
(b) I saw a middle-age man walking
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To tell you the truth, I don't know. I've heard and used both. See what Mr. Google says.
"middle aged man" by ten to one (with and without the hyphen are included)
"middle aged man" by ten to one (with and without the hyphen are included)
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