Which one is correct? Or are they both correct? If so, please explain why [on hold]
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Devin passed him, his shoulder skidding across the side of the smaller boy's head.
Devin passed him, and his shoulder skidded across the side of the smaller boy's head.
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Devin passed him, his shoulder skidding across the side of the smaller boy's head.
Devin passed him, and his shoulder skidded across the side of the smaller boy's head.
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"skidding" is not present tense. "Is skidding" would be present progressive, but that's not what your first sentence says.
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Devin passed him, his shoulder skidding across the side of the smaller boy's head.
Devin passed him, and his shoulder skidded across the side of the smaller boy's head.
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Devin passed him, his shoulder skidding across the side of the smaller boy's head.
Devin passed him, and his shoulder skidded across the side of the smaller boy's head.
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"skidding" is not present tense. "Is skidding" would be present progressive, but that's not what your first sentence says.
– Mark Beadles
Nov 19 at 2:45
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"skidding" is not present tense. "Is skidding" would be present progressive, but that's not what your first sentence says.
– Mark Beadles
Nov 19 at 2:45
"skidding" is not present tense. "Is skidding" would be present progressive, but that's not what your first sentence says.
– Mark Beadles
Nov 19 at 2:45
"skidding" is not present tense. "Is skidding" would be present progressive, but that's not what your first sentence says.
– Mark Beadles
Nov 19 at 2:45
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Yep, both are correct. They each mean the same thing. They even suggest the same sense of time. The choice is a stylistic one.
People speaking casually are more likely to use the second pattern (possibly a witness telling an authority figure about an incident). The first is slightly more crafted (possibly a novelist building out a vignette).
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Yep, both are correct. They each mean the same thing. They even suggest the same sense of time. The choice is a stylistic one.
People speaking casually are more likely to use the second pattern (possibly a witness telling an authority figure about an incident). The first is slightly more crafted (possibly a novelist building out a vignette).
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Yep, both are correct. They each mean the same thing. They even suggest the same sense of time. The choice is a stylistic one.
People speaking casually are more likely to use the second pattern (possibly a witness telling an authority figure about an incident). The first is slightly more crafted (possibly a novelist building out a vignette).
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Yep, both are correct. They each mean the same thing. They even suggest the same sense of time. The choice is a stylistic one.
People speaking casually are more likely to use the second pattern (possibly a witness telling an authority figure about an incident). The first is slightly more crafted (possibly a novelist building out a vignette).
answered Nov 19 at 3:06
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Yep, both are correct. They each mean the same thing. They even suggest the same sense of time. The choice is a stylistic one.
People speaking casually are more likely to use the second pattern (possibly a witness telling an authority figure about an incident). The first is slightly more crafted (possibly a novelist building out a vignette).
answered Nov 19 at 3:06
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answered Nov 19 at 3:06
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answered Nov 19 at 3:06
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"skidding" is not present tense. "Is skidding" would be present progressive, but that's not what your first sentence says.
– Mark Beadles
Nov 19 at 2:45