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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Using gerund

Why is this sentence wrong? Or is it correct?

When looking at the house, the colour does not really fit in the environment

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It is wrong because the implied subject of the nonfinite clause must be the same as the subject of the main clause: When looking at the house , we saw that the colour does not really fit in the environment.

  • It is wrong because the implied subject of the nonfinite clause must be the same as the subject of the main clause: When looking at the house , we saw that the colour does not really fit in the environment.
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It is wrong because the implied subject of the nonfinite clause must be the same as the subject of the main clause:

When looking at the house, we saw that the colour does not really fit in the environment.

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