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Alc24 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

THINKING as a conjunction?

How would you say this please?

I came to meet you thinking I would make a friend. I hadn't come to find a boyfriend. We ended up getting married.

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I came to meet you thinking I would make a friend. I hadn't come to find a boyfriend. We ended up getting married.

— Anonymous

  • I came to meet you thinking I would make a friend.
  • I hadn't come to find a boyfriend.
  • We ended up getting married.
  • My go: I came to meet you, not to make friends.
  • I hadn't expected to find a boyfriend and consequently a future husband.
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I came to meet you thinking I would make a friend. I hadn't come to find a boyfriend. We ended up getting married.

My go:

I came to meet you, not to make friends. I hadn't expected to find a boyfriend and consequently a future husband.
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I wasn't looking for a boyfriend, just a friend when I came to meet with you. Now we are married.

-Karica
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alc24http://www.EnglishForward.com#error
I came to meet you thinking I would make a friend.Hi,
To my ear, "thinking" is a present participle, heading a participial phrase - which functions adverbially here.

I'll grant you, "I would make a friend" is a clause, and could be
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