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User_gary Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

shuffling/kicking/shaking

(1) There was a chair and a cup of tea under it. My brother was sitting on the chair shuffling/kicking/shaking his legs, so I advised him that he didn't knock the cup over,

(2) My brother and I were about to close our door to go to a hotel for dinner so I told my brother to close the door of all windows and let we leave.

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Hi Gary, Shuffling, kicking and shaking are all different actions so any of them could apply depending on what he was doing. There was a chair with a cup of tea under it. My brother was sitting on the chair shuffling/kicking/shaking his legs so I advised him to stop so that he didn't knock the cup over.

— Anonymous

  • Hi Gary, Shuffling, kicking and shaking are all different actions so any of them could apply depending on what he was doing.
  • There was a chair with a cup of tea under it.
  • My brother was sitting on the chair shuffling/kicking/shaking his legs so I advised him to stop so that he didn't knock the cup over.
  • My brother and I were about to close our door and go to a hotel for dinner but I told my brother he should close all the windows before we left.
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Hi Gary,

Shuffling, kicking and shaking are all different actions so any of them could apply depending on what he was doing.

There was a chair with a cup of tea under it. My brother was sitting on the chair shuffling/kicking/shaking his legs so I advised him to stop so that he didn't knock the cup over.

My brother and I were about to close our door and go to a hotel for
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This is where the mother in me takes over. Why woudn't you say "Hey, pick up that cup of tea and put it in the sink before it gets spilled!"? That's far more logical than "Stop jiggling or you'll knock the tea over."
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