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place adverbial #1 (permalink) Sat Feb 28, 2009 20:29 pm   place adverbial
 

Could one say:

1-I saw the planes in the garden.

2-I saw the planes, in the garden.

If I was in the garden and the planes were in the sky?
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place adverbial #2 (permalink) Sat Feb 28, 2009 20:35 pm   place adverbial
 

Hi Navi,

This could be misunderstood. It would be better to make it clearer with: I saw the planes while I was in the garden.

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