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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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As the word wistful is an adjective can it be used to say: I sit wistful, at the end of my bed...
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...should I be saying, I sit wistfully, so that it is used as an adverb to describe the verb sit?
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Which sounds better? I sit wistfully, or Wistfully I sit? And is Wistfully I set proper?
or
...should I be saying, I sit wistfully, so that it is used as an adverb to describe the verb sit?
One other question.
Which sounds better? I sit wistfully, or Wistfully I sit? And is Wistfully I set proper?
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" "I sit wistfully" sounds more natural. You might use "Wistfully, I sit" in poetry. " Wistfully, I set the rose in the trash.
- " "I sit wistfully" sounds more natural.
- You might use "Wistfully, I sit" in poetry.
- " Wistfully, I set the rose in the trash.
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"I sit wistfully" is correct because you need an adverb to modify the verb "sit."
"I sit wistfully" sounds more natural. You might use "Wistfully, I sit" in poetry.
"Set" is not a form of "sit."
Wistfully, I set the rose in the trash.
"I sit wistfully" sounds more natural. You might use "Wistfully, I sit" in poetry.
"Set" is not a form of "sit."
Wistfully, I set the rose in the trash.
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AnonymousAs the word wistful is an adjective can it be used to say: I sit wistful, at the end of my bed...or...should I be saying, I sit wistfully, so that it is used as an adverb to describe the verb sit?I sit wistful at the end of my bed is possible as a literary way of saying Sitting at the end of my bed, I am wistful or Wistful, I sit at
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