Is it grammatically correct to say: “We heard a boy who was crying because he lost his ball”
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I came across this sentence ""We heard a boy who was crying because he lost his ball" and I have doubts about the use of the relative pronoun "who" after the verb of perception "hear". So, can "hear" be followed by "who" like in the above example?
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I came across this sentence ""We heard a boy who was crying because he lost his ball" and I have doubts about the use of the relative pronoun "who" after the verb of perception "hear". So, can "hear" be followed by "who" like in the above example?
verbs relative-pronouns ing who
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There's no such limitation with regard to verbs of perception. I saw a boy who was crying because he had lost his ball. a boy who was crying... is a noun-phrase that can be the object of any appropriate (i.e. sense-making) verb. The librarian shushed a boy who was crying because he had poked himself in the leg with his pencil.
– TRomano
5 hours ago
thank you sir for your quick answer!
– Atrahasis Utnapishtim Mashu
4 hours ago
Note that this sentence does not mean we heard a boy crying and he was crying because he lost his ball. It means we heard a boy - which boy? - the boy who was crying. The key difference being, the original sentence does not tell us that any heard the boy crying. They might have heard him scratching his head (while he was crying).
– Juhasz
4 hours ago
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I came across this sentence ""We heard a boy who was crying because he lost his ball" and I have doubts about the use of the relative pronoun "who" after the verb of perception "hear". So, can "hear" be followed by "who" like in the above example?
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I came across this sentence ""We heard a boy who was crying because he lost his ball" and I have doubts about the use of the relative pronoun "who" after the verb of perception "hear". So, can "hear" be followed by "who" like in the above example?
verbs relative-pronouns ing who
verbs relative-pronouns ing who
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There's no such limitation with regard to verbs of perception. I saw a boy who was crying because he had lost his ball. a boy who was crying... is a noun-phrase that can be the object of any appropriate (i.e. sense-making) verb. The librarian shushed a boy who was crying because he had poked himself in the leg with his pencil.
– TRomano
5 hours ago
thank you sir for your quick answer!
– Atrahasis Utnapishtim Mashu
4 hours ago
Note that this sentence does not mean we heard a boy crying and he was crying because he lost his ball. It means we heard a boy - which boy? - the boy who was crying. The key difference being, the original sentence does not tell us that any heard the boy crying. They might have heard him scratching his head (while he was crying).
– Juhasz
4 hours ago
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There's no such limitation with regard to verbs of perception. I saw a boy who was crying because he had lost his ball. a boy who was crying... is a noun-phrase that can be the object of any appropriate (i.e. sense-making) verb. The librarian shushed a boy who was crying because he had poked himself in the leg with his pencil.
– TRomano
5 hours ago
thank you sir for your quick answer!
– Atrahasis Utnapishtim Mashu
4 hours ago
Note that this sentence does not mean we heard a boy crying and he was crying because he lost his ball. It means we heard a boy - which boy? - the boy who was crying. The key difference being, the original sentence does not tell us that any heard the boy crying. They might have heard him scratching his head (while he was crying).
– Juhasz
4 hours ago
There's no such limitation with regard to verbs of perception. I saw a boy who was crying because he had lost his ball. a boy who was crying... is a noun-phrase that can be the object of any appropriate (i.e. sense-making) verb. The librarian shushed a boy who was crying because he had poked himself in the leg with his pencil.
– TRomano
5 hours ago
There's no such limitation with regard to verbs of perception. I saw a boy who was crying because he had lost his ball. a boy who was crying... is a noun-phrase that can be the object of any appropriate (i.e. sense-making) verb. The librarian shushed a boy who was crying because he had poked himself in the leg with his pencil.
– TRomano
5 hours ago
thank you sir for your quick answer!
– Atrahasis Utnapishtim Mashu
4 hours ago
thank you sir for your quick answer!
– Atrahasis Utnapishtim Mashu
4 hours ago
Note that this sentence does not mean we heard a boy crying and he was crying because he lost his ball. It means we heard a boy - which boy? - the boy who was crying. The key difference being, the original sentence does not tell us that any heard the boy crying. They might have heard him scratching his head (while he was crying).
– Juhasz
4 hours ago
Note that this sentence does not mean we heard a boy crying and he was crying because he lost his ball. It means we heard a boy - which boy? - the boy who was crying. The key difference being, the original sentence does not tell us that any heard the boy crying. They might have heard him scratching his head (while he was crying).
– Juhasz
4 hours ago
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There's no such limitation with regard to verbs of perception. I saw a boy who was crying because he had lost his ball. a boy who was crying... is a noun-phrase that can be the object of any appropriate (i.e. sense-making) verb. The librarian shushed a boy who was crying because he had poked himself in the leg with his pencil.
– TRomano
5 hours ago
thank you sir for your quick answer!
– Atrahasis Utnapishtim Mashu
4 hours ago
Note that this sentence does not mean we heard a boy crying and he was crying because he lost his ball. It means we heard a boy - which boy? - the boy who was crying. The key difference being, the original sentence does not tell us that any heard the boy crying. They might have heard him scratching his head (while he was crying).
– Juhasz
4 hours ago