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Park sang joon Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Objective "as" clause
1. She watched aghast as his life flowed away.
2. He watched helplessly as Paula fell into the icy water.
I'd like to know whether "as" clauses expressing when are objects of "watch."
Thank you in advance for your help.
2. He watched helplessly as Paula fell into the icy water.
I'd like to know whether "as" clauses expressing when are objects of "watch."
Thank you in advance for your help.
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No. In both your examples, "watched" is being used intransitively, so it has no object.
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- In both your examples, "watched" is being used intransitively, so it has no object.
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No. In both your examples, "watched" is being used intransitively, so it has no object.
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park sang joonI'd like to know whether "as" clauses expressing when are objects of "watch."No. "as" is a subordinator of time. It's like "while" or "at the same time that".
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