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Gravedigger Posted 16 years ago
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The difference...
What is the difference between these four sentences?
A. After I had found a hotel, I looked for somewhere to have dinner.
B. After finding a hotel, I looked for somewhere to have dinner.
C. Finding a hotel, I looked for somewhere to have dinner.
D. Having found a hotel, I looked for somewhere to have dinner.
Thank you...
GRAVEDIGGER
A. After I had found a hotel, I looked for somewhere to have dinner.
B. After finding a hotel, I looked for somewhere to have dinner.
C. Finding a hotel, I looked for somewhere to have dinner.
D. Having found a hotel, I looked for somewhere to have dinner.
Thank you...
GRAVEDIGGER
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gravedigger What is the difference between these four sentences? The difference is not the meaning, if that's what you're thinking. The difference is register.
- gravedigger What is the difference between these four sentences?
- The difference is not the meaning, if that's what you're thinking.
- The difference is register.
- As you progress from A through D, the register becomes higher and higher.
- In other words, the phrasing suggests ordinary conversation in A and B, but becomes more literary in C and D.
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gravediggerWhat is the difference between these four sentences?The difference is not the meaning, if that's what you're thinking. The difference is register. As you progress from A through D, the register becomes higher and higher. In other words, the phrasing suggests ordinary conversation in A and B, but becomes more literary in C and D. You will hear A
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