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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
Why is it wrong?
Hi,
Please tell me why any of these is wrong.
1. I talked to Joe on the phone while playing tennis. -- Here, "while" is a conjunction, I think, and what comes after should be a clause, but why "playing tennis"? It doesn't look like a clause.
2. I talked to Joe on the phone while I was playing tennis. -- Here, an appropriate clause seems to follow the conjunction "while." Good sentence
3. I talked to Joe on the phone while Jim (or I) playing tennis -- What is wrong is this? Is "playing tennis" a noun phrase? I think so.
Please tell me why any of these is wrong.
1. I talked to Joe on the phone while playing tennis. -- Here, "while" is a conjunction, I think, and what comes after should be a clause, but why "playing tennis"? It doesn't look like a clause.
2. I talked to Joe on the phone while I was playing tennis. -- Here, an appropriate clause seems to follow the conjunction "while." Good sentence
3. I talked to Joe on the phone while Jim (or I) playing tennis -- What is wrong is this? Is "playing tennis" a noun phrase? I think so.
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1. I talked to Joe on the phone while playing tennis. -- Here, "while" is a conjunction, I think, and what comes after should be a clause, but why "playing tennis"?
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- I talked to Joe on the phone while playing tennis.
- -- Here, "while" is a conjunction, I think, and what comes after should be a clause, but why "playing tennis"?
- It doesn't look like a clause.
- -- 'Playing tennis' is a non-finite clause: I talked to Joe on the phone while playing tennis .
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1. I talked to Joe on the phone while playing tennis. -- Here, "while" is a conjunction, I think, and what comes after should be a clause, but why "playing tennis"? It doesn't look like a clause. -- 'Playing tennis' is a non-finite clause: I talked to Joe on the phone while playing tennis. 'I' because the unspoken subject of the nonfinite clause should be the same as the sub
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I think first two options are ok. As for the third one I am not sure.
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