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Ritik Posted 5 years ago
Grammar

Participle

Hello,

What is difference between two sentences?

1) Kyra scanned the newspaper, looking for articles about the baseball game.

2) Kyra scanned the newspaper to look for articles about the baseball game.


So in both the sentences, there is a purpose. Then why use " to look " or "looking" ?
  

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ritik So in both the sentences, there is a purpose. The difference is very subtle. Here are some paraphrases.

— CalifJim

  • ritik So in both the sentences, there is a purpose.
  • The difference is very subtle.
  • Here are some paraphrases.
  • 1a) She scanned the paper because she was looking for those articles.
  • 1b) As she scanned the paper she looked for those articles.
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ritikSo in both the sentences, there is a purpose.

The difference is very subtle. Here are some paraphrases.

1a) She scanned the paper because she was looking for those articles.
1b) As she scanned the paper she looked for those articles.
2a) She scanned the paper in order to [look for / find] those articles.
2b) She scanned the paper for

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