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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

What does leaving modify?

He'd run into him leaving the building.

Should it not be "after leaving the building."
  

Top answer

It depends on which of the two was leaving the building.

— Clive

  • It depends on which of the two was leaving the building.
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It depends on which of the two was leaving the building.
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Anonymous What does leaving modify?
It's impossible to say. That's why it's a bad sentence.

CJ
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"He" not "him".

Since this is the case, there should be a comma there.
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Anonymous"He" not "him".Since this is the case, there should be a comma there.
I'd say the sentence was even worse with the comma. It's quite rare for a comma to be able to fix logic problems.

CJ
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Does my example work?
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AnonymousDoes my example work?
Which example? Do you mean the one with "after"? Yes, that works.

CJ
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