Reading?
I saw my wife lying on the couch reading a cookery book.
Should I use a comma after “couch”? Does it make any difference?
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It's not necessary since it's clear that the gerund-participial clause reading a cookery book (a depictive adjunct) is giving descriptive information about my wife, not "couch". Note that it is interpreted with progressive aspectuality: she was reading a cookery book .
- It's not necessary since it's clear that the gerund-participial clause reading a cookery book (a depictive adjunct) is giving descriptive information about my wife, not "couch".
- Note that it is interpreted with progressive aspectuality: she was reading a cookery book .
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It's not necessary since it's clear that the gerund-participial clause reading a cookery book (a depictive adjunct) is giving descriptive information about my wife, not "couch".
Note that it is interpreted with progressive aspectuality: she was reading a cookery book.
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