grimacing

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grimacing

Post by azz »

Can one use
a. He jumped out of the car moving.
instead of
b. He jumped out of the car while it was moving.
?

Can one use
c. What I saw in that mirror was like my face grimacing.

instead of
d. What I saw in that mirror was like my face, but it was grimacing.
?

I think (c) works, but (a) doesn't.

Many thanks
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Re: grimacing

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Your assumptions are correct!
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