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Vincent Teo Posted 18 years ago
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passing by
Can I say,
Yesterday afternoon, it was very hot. Susan was very bored. She went to a supermarket to buy food. She was walking alone in the town.
Suddenly, a man who was riding a motorcycle passing by Susan. He snatched her handbag and sped quickly. She was surprised. She wanted to call the police but her mobile phone was in the handbag.
Susan shouted for help. The men heard her help / cry and ran to catch the thief.
Yesterday afternoon, it was very hot. Susan was very bored. She went to a supermarket to buy food. She was walking alone in the town.
Suddenly, a man who was riding a motorcycle passing by Susan. He snatched her handbag and sped quickly. She was surprised. She wanted to call the police but her mobile phone was in the handbag.
Susan shouted for help. The men heard her help / cry and ran to catch the thief.
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'Passing by' is not right here, for a very simple reason - 'passing' is in the present tense, and you are talking of something that happened yesterday!
It would be better to say - 'Suddenly, a man on a motorcycle passed by, close to Susan', or simply 'Suddenly, a man on a motorycle passed close to Susan'.
It would be better to say - 'Suddenly, a man on a motorcycle passed by, close to Susan', or simply 'Suddenly, a man on a motorycle passed close to Susan'.
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