What is the difference between 2 sentences?
Hello everyone,
I am not a native English speaker.
Could you please clarify the difference between 2 sentences?
1) I saw him run in the rain.
2) I saw him running in the rain.
Thank you.
Top answer
Phan Nhat Khanh Huy difference Sentence 2 emphasizes seeing the motion of running more than sentence 1. Sentence 1 conceptualizes seeing the running as a single event, more or less ignoring the details like the successive movements of the legs. In the final analysis there is hardly any difference at all.
- Phan Nhat Khanh Huy difference Sentence 2 emphasizes seeing the motion of running more than sentence 1.
- Sentence 1 conceptualizes seeing the running as a single event, more or less ignoring the details like the successive movements of the legs.
- In the final analysis there is hardly any difference at all.
- CJ
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Phan Nhat Khanh Huydifference
Sentence 2 emphasizes seeing the motion of running more than sentence 1.
Sentence 1 conceptualizes seeing the running as a single event, more or less ignoring the details like the successive movements of the legs.
In the final analysis there is hardly any difference at all.
CJ
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