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Michelle Cha Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Roy felt himself tiring/ tired.

1. Roy felt himself tiring.
2. Roy felt himself tired.

Sentence 1 is from my book and I wonder which one is grammatical between the two.
  

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Michelle Cha Sentence 1 is from my book and I wonder which one is grammatical between the two. #1. It means that he is getting tired.

  • Michelle Cha Sentence 1 is from my book and I wonder which one is grammatical between the two.
  • #1.
  • It means that he is getting tired.
  • If we use something like #2 to indicate that he is already tired, then we would use 'Roy felt tired '.
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Michelle ChaSentence 1 is from my book and I wonder which one is grammatical between the two.
#1. It means that he is getting tired. If we use something like #2 to indicate that he is already tired, then we would use 'Roy felt tired'.

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