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grimacing

Posted: Thu May 06, 2021 9:07 am
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

Re: grimacing

Posted: Fri May 07, 2021 1:59 am
by Alan
Your assumptions are correct!