English poll!
Sep. 7th, 2014 07:58 pm[Poll #1981252]
I have already overthought this question, so I'm not going to explain the background unless someone asks me to in the comments. I'm just curious what instinctive sense other people have on it.
I have already overthought this question, so I'm not going to explain the background unless someone asks me to in the comments. I'm just curious what instinctive sense other people have on it.
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Date: 2014-09-09 01:11 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-09-09 03:27 am (UTC)If you absolutely had to get past someone who was insisting on the other meaning, swap it around: "Laughing at the joke, Mary walked over to the boy." (But, honestly, I'd not have flagged the thing in the first place as being at all unclear.)