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Vincent Teo Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

ran /walked forward

Can I say,

(a) John found a wallet (was) on the chair. He ran / walked forward to return it to the owner.

(b) John found a wallet was left on the chair. He ran / walked forward to return it to its rightful owner.
  

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"(a) John found a wallet (was) on the chair. He ran / walked forward to return it to the owner. (b) John found a wallet was left on the chair.

— Ant_222

  • "(a) John found a wallet (was) on the chair.
  • He ran / walked forward to return it to the owner.
  • (b) John found a wallet was left on the chair.
  • ) by running forward ("forward" sounds too abstract here).
  • ) and ran up the street in hope to catch up with its owner".
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  "(a) John found a wallet (was) on the chair. He ran  /  walked    forward to return it to the owner.      (b) John found a wallet was left on the chair. He ran / walked    forward to return it to its rightful owner."      My thoughts:      "John found a wallet left on the chair"    -- "left" is an adjective here      "John found a wallet that had been left on chair"    -- "left" is a verb
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walked forward to return it is completely unidiomatic. Please don't use that! ran to return it is OK. If you don't want the idea of speed, say went to return it.
CJ
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