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Vincent Teo Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
sat in front of the dining table
Can I say,
He sat in front of the dining table with his family for dinner.
He sat in front of the dining table with his family for dinner.
Top answer
He sat at the dining table for dinner with his family.
- He sat at the dining table for dinner with his family.
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Vincent,
If you really try to learn natural English, you don’t say “He sat in front of the dining table with his family for dinner”.
Because normal people are not likely to stand up behind the dinner table when they have dinner with family.
Try this: He was having dinner with his family at the dinner table
If you really try to learn natural English, you don’t say “He sat in front of the dining table with his family for dinner”.
Because normal people are not likely to stand up behind the dinner table when they have dinner with family.
Try this: He was having dinner with his family at the dinner table
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GoodmanVincent,
If you really try to learn natural English, you don’t say “He sat in front of the dining table with his family for dinner”.
Because normal people are not likely to stand up beh
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Hi Optilang,
Like I said, if I had to pick one….
If you dissect the sentence the way you had it, there is nothing wrong.
“He sat in front of the dining table with his family for dinner”. It’s ok- nothing wrong! Just a little unnatural to me.
If he was having dinner with his family, the image will be that he is naturally sitting down at the tabl
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