With their hands “frozen/freezing”
Hello, everyone,
They climbed up the mountain with their hands _____ .
a) frozen, b) freezing
While the answer is a) on my book, I think both could be the answer for the absolute construction, because the verb ‘freeze’ can act both transitively and intransitively depending on the context.
Will appreciate if you advise which is the correct one.
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deepcosmos Will appreciate if you advise which is the correct one. I think both are possible, but such questions always come with the instruction to pick the best answer, not the correct one. "Frozen" is better, but the sentence limps with either one.
- deepcosmos Will appreciate if you advise which is the correct one.
- I think both are possible, but such questions always come with the instruction to pick the best answer, not the correct one.
- "Frozen" is better, but the sentence limps with either one.
- "With" makes only slightly less sense with"freezing".
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deepcosmosWill appreciate if you advise which is the correct one.
I think both are possible, but such questions always come with the instruction to pick the best answer, not the correct one. "Frozen" is better, but the sentence limps with either one. "With" makes only slightly less sense with"freezing".
0deepcosmoswhich is the correct one
Grammatically, both are correct.
From the point of view of meaning and of what's more natural, I'd say b). I doubt their hands would be literally frozen as they were climbing the mountain because they need their hands to climb the mountain. Besides, when it gets really cold, I'm more likely to say "My hands are fre
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