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Pructus Posted 10 years ago
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Walked across
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a. Across the bridge, he walked.
b. He walked across the bridge.
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a. means that he walked in the place which is located across the bridge?
So the meaning is different from b. because b. means he corssed the bridge by walking?
2. How about, “She saw him across the room”?
This must mean “She and he both were in the same room and the were in the opposite place of the same room”?
3. Can’t this mean, “She saw him at the outer side of the room”?
Like there were three rooms, and she was at a room and he was at the far opposite of the room?
To describe graphically...
a. Across the bridge, he walked.
b. He walked across the bridge.
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1.
a. means that he walked in the place which is located across the bridge?
So the meaning is different from b. because b. means he corssed the bridge by walking?
2. How about, “She saw him across the room”?
This must mean “She and he both were in the same room and the were in the opposite place of the same room”?
3. Can’t this mean, “She saw him at the outer side of the room”?
Like there were three rooms, and she was at a room and he was at the far opposite of the room?
To describe graphically...
Room 1 She | Room 2 | Room 3 He |
Top answer
pructus a. Across the bridg e h e walked. [no comma] b.
- pructus a.
- Across the bridg e h e walked.
- [no comma] b.
- He walked across the bridge.
- There is no difference in meaning.
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pructusa. Across the bridge he walked. [no comma] b. He walked across the bridge.There is no difference in meaning. He crossed the bridge by walking. a is just a more poetic variant, a sort of rhetorical device which can be used as in the sentence below.
He wanted to
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pructusa. means that he walked in the place which is located across the bridge?If you want the meaning you described for a., use something like "On the other/far side of the bridge, he walked back and forth."
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