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Icchan fryas Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Lying

'She was lying flat on her back, hands fell loosely across the breasts.'
What do you think about the sentence, is it correct?
  

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'What do you think about the sentence, is it correct? Hi Icchan, If describing a still scene where 'she' isn't making any movements, more logical to me would be: She was lying flat on her back, (with her) hands loosely across her ******* /chest . DJB

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  • 'What do you think about the sentence, is it correct?
  • Hi Icchan, If describing a still scene where 'she' isn't making any movements, more logical to me would be: She was lying flat on her back, (with her) hands loosely across her ******* /chest .
  • DJB
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Icchan fryas'She was lying flat on her back, hands fell loosely across the *******.'What do you think about the sentence, is it correct?
Hi Icchan,

If describing a still scene where 'she' isn't making any movements, more logical to me would be:

She was lying flat on her back, (with her) hands loosely
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So I can do away with a verb in the second part of the sentence. Thank you sir for your kind response.
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Yes, you can. It is called a verbless clause. The verb is absent but still implied.
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