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Navitasan Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Tom performing on that stage

Are these sentences correct:

1) Tom performing on that stage looked like a man in trance.

2) Tom when performing on that stage looked like a man in trance.

3) He performing on that stage looked like a man in a trance.

4) He when performing on that stage looked like a man in a trance.


Could '2' and '4' be used if one is speaking only of one event, that is if Tom/he performed there once, or the speaker saw him there once?

Gratefully,
Navi.
  

Top answer

You need to use commas to make the performing part parenthetical. But that is still not natural. Natural English is to move it to the start or the end.

— Clive

  • You need to use commas to make the performing part parenthetical.
  • But that is still not natural.
  • Natural English is to move it to the start or the end.
  • I see no clear indication in any of these as to how often he performed.
  • in a trance
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You need to use commas to make the performing part parenthetical.
But that is still not natural. Natural English is to move it to the start or the end.

I see no clear indication in any of these as to how often he performed.

in a trance
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navitasanAre these sentences correct
They are somewhat anomalous. Too anomalous to comment on their correctness, in fact.

Performing on that stage, Tom looked like a man in a trance.

Nothing says how many times the speaker saw him (except that by logic it must have been at least once).

CJ
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