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Tashiro Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Sitting vs seated

Hi, please help me.

"He was seated with his legs crossed."
"He was sitting with his legs crossed."

These sentences have different meanings?
  

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" In my opinion, the two meanings are the same, with the possible exception that the person in the first one could be dead. "Was seated" can also mean that someone ushered him to a seat, but that wouldn't usually include crossing his legs. These are technically two different verbs with two different meanings, but the context and the forms make them the same in meaning.

— Avangi

  • " In my opinion, the two meanings are the same, with the possible exception that the person in the first one could be dead.
  • "Was seated" can also mean that someone ushered him to a seat, but that wouldn't usually include crossing his legs.
  • These are technically two different verbs with two different meanings, but the context and the forms make them the same in meaning.
  • To seat transitive To sit intransitive Both sentences can be interpreted as the verb "to be" plus the participle as adjective complement.
  • The first one can also be simple past, passive voice.
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tashiro"He was seated with his legs crossed."
"He was sitting with his legs crossed."
In my opinion, the two meanings are the same,
with the possible exception that the person in the first one could be dead.

"Was seated" can also mean that someone ushered him to a seat, but that wouldn't usually include crossing his legs.

These are
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Thank you for the answer.
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For me they create different images:-

"He was seated with his legs cossed." - someone is sittng on the floor in the lotus position (like the Buddha), and not looking as though they are about to move.

"He was sitting with his legs crossed." - someone is sitting on a chair with one knee over the other, but I wouldn't be surprised if he stood up a minute later.

The first
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KateJSsomeone is sittng on the floor
Could be.
To my ear, if I had to allow only one gentleman a chair, it would be the one who is seated.
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