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1. I was looking at him swimming in the pool.
2. I was looking at the man swimming in the pool.
Q1) Are both sentences above natural and grammatical?
Q2) In 1, is "swimming in the pool" referring to him?
Q3) In 2, is "swimming in the pool" referring to the man?
Q4) Is there no possibility that in each sentence, "swimming in the pool" can be seen as referring to "I" because it does not make much sense that someone can swim and look at someone else at once?
I'm not sure whether 1 is perfectly correct and grammatical, though I guess it is, since these sentences "I was seeing/watching him swimming in the pool" is grammatically correct and natural.
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fire1 Q1) Are both sentences above natural and grammatical? Yes. fire1 Is there no possibility that in each sentence, "swimming in the pool" can be seen as referring to "I" Nope, the possibility is nil.
- fire1 Q1) Are both sentences above natural and grammatical?
- Yes.
- fire1 Is there no possibility that in each sentence, "swimming in the pool" can be seen as referring to "I" Nope, the possibility is nil.
- The subject of the verb "swimming" is "him" in the first sentence and "the man" in the second.
- fire1 because it does not make much sense that someone can swim and look at someone else at once?
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fire1Q1) Are both sentences above natural and grammatical?
Yes.
fire1 Is there no possibility that in each sentence, "swimming in the pool" can be seen as referring to "I"
Nope, the possibility is nil.
The subject of the verb "swimming" is "him" in the first sentence and "the man" in the second.
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