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Ljswave Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Would you explain about something below?

#1. The park was full of people walking their dogs

#2. The park was full of people walking with their dogs.

I read a book on How to learn Englsih. In the middle of reading it,
I got curious about sentences above.

Question.

The writer of that book insist on #1 and #2 have different meaning according as adding "with" or not. Is it right?

I'd like to know the difference of meaning between #1 and #2.
  

Top answer

There is no real difference between them. However, #2 is less usual, since, generally, we walk with people , and we walk animals . We can, however, walk a prisoner to his cell (force), or walk an elderly person to his car (help), or walk a friend home (accompany).

— RandomGuy

  • There is no real difference between them.
  • However, #2 is less usual, since, generally, we walk with people , and we walk animals .
  • We can, however, walk a prisoner to his cell (force), or walk an elderly person to his car (help), or walk a friend home (accompany).
  • Consult a dictionary to learn many more differences between the transitive and intransitive form.
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There is no real difference between them. However, #2 is less usual, since, generally, we walk with people, and we walk animals.

We can, however, walk a prisoner to his cell (force), or walk an elderly person to his car (help), or walk a friend home (accompany).

Consult a dictionary to learn many mo
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