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Azz Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Rolling in your bed

a. I bet you look good rolling right out of bed in the morning, or in it the night before.

The sentence is from an episode of the TV series Weeds.

It can be found here:
http://context.reverso.net/translati...k+good+rolling

I could not find a script on-line which had the full sentence.

It seems to me that the sentence can be read in two ways:

1. I bet you look good rolling right out of bed in the morning, and you look good good rolling in your bed the night before.
2. I bet you look good rolling right out of bed in the morning, and you look good in your bed the night before.

In other words, it seems to me that one can not say which words have been elited. Has 'rolling' been elipted or not? Is it implied in the second half of the sentence or not?

Is that correct? Are both readings possible?

Many thanks.
  

Top answer

azz Are both readings possible? Yes. That thought would not perturb most native speakers at all.

  • azz Are both readings possible?
  • Yes.
  • That thought would not perturb most native speakers at all.
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azzAre both readings possible?
Yes. That thought would not perturb most native speakers at all.

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