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Nikitus Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Trish answers, while a smile is drawn in her face

Dear forum members

The following sentence:

"Trish answers, while a smile on drawn in her face."

Is grammatically correct?

Context: A woman is talking with a man.

Thanks!
  

Top answer

" This has gone wrong. Probably what you meant is what you wrote in the subject line: "while a smile is drawn". It is odd to say that a smile is drawn "in" someone's face.

— GPY

  • " This has gone wrong.
  • Probably what you meant is what you wrote in the subject line: "while a smile is drawn".
  • It is odd to say that a smile is drawn "in" someone's face.
  • "on" would be better, but for me the sentence still does not entirely work.
  • I get a picture of someone taking a crayon and literally drawing a smile, which I'm assuming you don't mean.
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Nikitus"Trish answers, while a smile on drawn in her face."
This has gone wrong. Probably what you meant is what you wrote in the subject line: "while a smile is drawn". It is odd to say that a smile is drawn "in" someone's face. "on" would be better, but for me the sentence still does not entirely work. I get a picture of someone taking a crayon and li
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Trish answers, with a smile on her face.
Trish answers, smiling broadly.
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