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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Two questions!

Hello!

I'd like to know if the following sentence is grammatically correct:

She tapped him on the shoulder, waiting for him to turn around.

And...

I'd like to know if I have to put a comma before "unexpectedly".

She then unexpectedly kissed him.
(She then, unexpectedly kissed him.) ?

Thank you!
  

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Anonymous She tapped him on the shoulder, waiting for him to turn around. Yes, it's grammatically correct. Some people might argue.

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  • Anonymous She tapped him on the shoulder, waiting for him to turn around.
  • Yes, it's grammatically correct.
  • Some people might argue.
  • Had she been waiting for some time for him to turn around, then grown impatient and tapped him?
  • ) If the sequence is reversed, it would be more natural to say, "She tapped him on the shoulder and waited for him to turn around.
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AnonymousShe tapped him on the shoulder, waiting for him to turn around.
Yes, it's grammatically correct.
Some people might argue.
Had she been waiting for some time for him to turn around, then grown impatient and tapped him?
(I think that's what you're describing here.)

If the sequence is reversed, it would be more natural to say, "She
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I would say

"She tapped him on the shoulder and waited for him to turn around."

(She did two things, one after the other: tapped and waited).

Saying it the other way suggests that while she was waiting, she tapped him on the shoulder. Only, that would be better said: "While waiting for him to turn around, she tapped him on the shou
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