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Navitasan Posted 11 years ago
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There was
Are these sentences correct:
1) There was standing in the middle of the store a stout man I had never seen.
2) There was hiding under the desk a boy by the name of Harry.
Gratefully,
Navi.
1) There was standing in the middle of the store a stout man I had never seen.
2) There was hiding under the desk a boy by the name of Harry.
Gratefully,
Navi.
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Gratefully,Navi. I'd say that they're all right, but not the usual way of rendering that construction. They are clearly less usual variants of these: In the middle of the store there stood a stout man I had never seen.
- Gratefully,Navi.
- I'd say that they're all right, but not the usual way of rendering that construction.
- They are clearly less usual variants of these: In the middle of the store there stood a stout man I had never seen.
- Under the desk there hid a boy by the name of Harry.
- Of the two, the first works more successfully in either form.
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navitasanAre these sentences correct:1) There was standing in the middle of the store a stout man I had never seen.2) There was hiding under the desk a boy by the name of Harry.Gratefully,Navi.I'd say that they're all right, but not the usual way of rendering that construction. They are clearly less usual variants of these:
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