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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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You see a man driving in a nice car

Just because you see a black man driving in a nice car does not mean it's stolen.

I saw the sentence in a movie and I was wondering if the structure of "you see a black man driving in a nice car" is the same as I saw him driving in a nice car or I saw a guy who is driving in a nice car.

What do you native English speakers think and how do you figure it out in those cases? Thank you so much.
  

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Anonymous Just because you see a black man driving in a nice car does not mean it's stolen. Leave out 'in' and the sentence is fine. I saw him driving a nice car has the same structure.

  • Anonymous Just because you see a black man driving in a nice car does not mean it's stolen.
  • Leave out 'in' and the sentence is fine.
  • I saw him driving a nice car has the same structure.
  • I saw a guy who was driving a nice car has a relative clause and is structurally different.
  • CB
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AnonymousJust because you see a black man driving in a nice car does not mean it's stolen.
Leave out 'in' and the sentence is fine. I saw him driving a nice car has the same structure. I saw a guy who was driving a nice car has a relative

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