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Navitasan Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Wearing that jacket

Are these sentences correct:

1) John wearing that jacket looks like James Dean.
2) John looks like James Dean wearing that jacket.

3) He wearing that jacket looks like James Dean.
4) He looks like James Dean wearing that jacket.

The intended meaning is:
When/As John/he is wearing that jacket, he looks like James Dean.

Will '1' and '3' work with that meaning if 'wearing that jacket' is set off with commas?
Gratefully,
Navi.
  

Top answer

navitasan Will '1' and '3' work with that meaning if 'wearing that jacket' is set off with commas? Of course it depends on how loosely or strictly we take the idea of "work". Let's say they are understandable but not very good (with or without commas).

— CalifJim

  • navitasan Will '1' and '3' work with that meaning if 'wearing that jacket' is set off with commas?
  • Of course it depends on how loosely or strictly we take the idea of "work".
  • Let's say they are understandable but not very good (with or without commas).
  • The "standard", as you probably already know, is to place the participle clause first, then a comma, then the main clause.
  • Wearing that jacket, John looks like James Dean .
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navitasanWill '1' and '3' work with that meaning if 'wearing that jacket' is set off with commas?
Of course it depends on how loosely or strictly we take the idea of "work". Let's say they are understandable but not very good (with or without commas). The "standard", as you probably already know, is to place the participle clause first, then a comma, then th
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