[Ads-l] While V-ing

[Benjamin Barrett]

Interesting. It seems wrong when written, but I think it sounds normal when speaking, not so? For example, “Rob pranked him while napping.” BB

> On 2 Apr 2016, at 20:04, victor steinbok <aardvark66 at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> I've been spotting constructions similar to this one.
> 
> http://goo.gl/1gRq4x
> Rob Gronkowski Pranks Tom Brady While Napping, Hacks into His Facebook to
> Share
> 
> X V1-s Y while [Y is] V2-ing
> 
> The bracketed part is, of course, omitted, which is what makes it odd for
> me, as the expectation is of X as a referent, not Y. I suspect it's been
> discussed before but I've been mostly out of the loop for a while. I've
> been reading my mail only sporadically over the past year and a half.
> 
> Oh, and "while" could be something else.
> 
> VS-)

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