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What is the difference between these two sentences?
1. I sat sipping at my coffee.
2. I sat sipping my coffee.
Btw, how do we grammatically understand the verb 'sat' follows "sipping"?
Thanks for your help.
19 juil. 2020 12:18
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Hi, both of those are good.
'Sipping at' a drink sounds a bit more descriptive, than just 'sipping' it, so is more likely to be found in a novel than in normal usage, but they both mean exactly the same thing.
I'm guessing the second part of your question is that you'd like to know how to re-word things to put 'sat' after 'sipping'.
If I''m right about that, it's doable but doesn't sound/read quite as good.
I sipped my coffee while sitting.
You could also use 'sipped at' instead of 'sipped'.
You could also use 'as I sat' instead of 'while sitting'.
19 juillet 2020
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Compétences linguistiques
Chinois (mandarin), Anglais, Japonais
Langue étudiée
Anglais
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