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If you're a native speaker whose major is English, could you help me with these questions? 1.I was watching a woman sitting alone at a table. This sentence 1 implies "I was watching a woman and the woman was sitting alone at a table", but what would sentence 1 imply if there is a comma between a woman and sitting as in sentence 2 below? 2.I was watching a woman, sitting alone at a table. Q1) Because of the comma in sentence 2, does sentence 2 imply "I was watching a woman and I was sitting alone at a table"? (To me, it feels like because of the comma inserted, it seems to be no longer the woman who was sitting alone at a table) Q2) Is sentence 2 grammatical and natural if sentence 2 implies "I was watching a woman and I was sitting alone at a table" because of the comma in sentence 2? Q3) I learnt that putting a comma to set off a participle phrase changes the meaning of a sentence, but I'm not sure it could apply even to this sentence 1. Does it? https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/mechanics/gerunds_participles_and_infinitives/participles.html#:~:text=A%20participial%20phrase%20is%20set,from%20the%20word%20it%20modifies According to this link, because of the comma, the meaning "I was watching a woman and the woman was sitting alone at a table" of sentence 1 is changed to "I was watching a woman and I was sitting alone at a table", but since there isn't the same example as mine, I'm not sure about the three questions. Would you please answer my three questions?, and please tell me whether you're an English expert. Thanks a lot. (2)

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I'm a native English speaker, and to answer your questions:

Q1) Technically yes, the comma does imply "I was watching a woman and I was sitting alone at a table" but usually we would just say "I was sitting alone at a table, watching a woman." to avoid confusion.

Q2) Yes it is grammatically correct, but can end up confusing people if your timing is off while speaking. You can avoid this by (SEE Q1) or saying "I was watching a woman, while sitting alone at a table."

Q3) Yes it does apply here, however as I previously said, it can even confuse native speakers at some times, so it's safer to just do one of the options I said before.

If you're a native speaker whose major is English, could you help me with these questions? 1.I was watching a woman sitting alone at a table. This sentence 1 implies "I was watching a woman and the woman was sitting alone at a table", but what would sentence 1 imply if there is a comma between a woman and sitting as in sentence 2 below? 2.I was watching a woman, sitting alone at a table. Q1) Because of the comma in sentence 2, does sentence 2 imply "I was watching a woman and I was sitting alone at a table"? (To me, it feels like because of the comma inserted, it seems to be no longer the woman who was sitting alone at a table) Q2) Is sentence 2 grammatical and natural if sentence 2 implies "I was watching a woman and I was sitting alone at a table" because of the comma in sentence 2? Q3) I learnt that putting a comma to set off a participle phrase changes the meaning of a sentence, but I'm not sure it could apply even to this sentence 1. Does it? https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/mechanics/gerunds_participles_and_infinitives/participles.html#:~:text=A%20participial%20phrase%20is%20set,from%20the%20word%20it%20modifies According to this link, because of the comma, the meaning "I was watching a woman and the woman was sitting alone at a table" of sentence 1 is changed to "I was watching a woman and I was sitting alone at a table", but since there isn't the same example as mine, I'm not sure about the three questions. Would you please answer my three questions?, and please tell me whether you're an English expert. Thanks a lot. (4)

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@jadencampbell thank you very much!! your answer is very helpful

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If you're a native speaker whose major is English, could you help me with these questions? 1.I was watching a woman sitting alone at a table. This sentence 1 implies "I was watching a woman and the woman was sitting alone at a table", but what would sentence 1 imply if there is a comma between a woman and sitting as in sentence 2 below? 2.I was watching a woman, sitting alone at a table. Q1) Because of the comma in sentence 2, does sentence 2 imply "I was watching a woman and I was sitting alone at a table"? (To me, it feels like because of the comma inserted, it seems to be no longer the woman who was sitting alone at a table) Q2) Is sentence 2 grammatical and natural if sentence 2 implies "I was watching a woman and I was sitting alone at a table" because of the comma in sentence 2? Q3) I learnt that putting a comma to set off a participle phrase changes the meaning of a sentence, but I'm not sure it could apply even to this sentence 1. Does it? https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/mechanics/gerunds_participles_and_infinitives/participles.html#:~:text=A%20participial%20phrase%20is%20set,from%20the%20word%20it%20modifies According to this link, because of the comma, the meaning "I was watching a woman and the woman was sitting alone at a table" of sentence 1 is changed to "I was watching a woman and I was sitting alone at a table", but since there isn't the same example as mine, I'm not sure about the three questions. Would you please answer my three questions?, and please tell me whether you're an English expert. Thanks a lot. (12)

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If you're a native speaker whose major is English, could you help me with these questions? 1.I was watching a woman sitting alone at a table. This sentence 1 implies "I was watching a woman and the woman was sitting alone at a table", but what would sentence 1 imply if there is a comma between a woman and sitting as in sentence 2 below? 2.I was watching a woman, sitting alone at a table. Q1) Because of the comma in sentence 2, does sentence 2 imply "I was watching a woman and I was sitting alone at a table"? (To me, it feels like because of the comma inserted, it seems to be no longer the woman who was sitting alone at a table) Q2) Is sentence 2 grammatical and natural if sentence 2 implies "I was watching a woman and I was sitting alone at a table" because of the comma in sentence 2? Q3) I learnt that putting a comma to set off a participle phrase changes the meaning of a sentence, but I'm not sure it could apply even to this sentence 1. Does it? https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/mechanics/gerunds_participles_and_infinitives/participles.html#:~:text=A%20participial%20phrase%20is%20set,from%20the%20word%20it%20modifies According to this link, because of the comma, the meaning "I was watching a woman and the woman was sitting alone at a table" of sentence 1 is changed to "I was watching a woman and I was sitting alone at a table", but since there isn't the same example as mine, I'm not sure about the three questions. Would you please answer my three questions?, and please tell me whether you're an English expert. Thanks a lot. (13)What’s this symbol?

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If you're a native speaker whose major is English, could you help me with these questions? 1.I was watching a woman sitting alone at a table. This sentence 1 implies "I was watching a woman and the woman was sitting alone at a table", but what would sentence 1 imply if there is a comma between a woman and sitting as in sentence 2 below? 2.I was watching a woman, sitting alone at a table. Q1) Because of the comma in sentence 2, does sentence 2 imply "I was watching a woman and I was sitting alone at a table"? (To me, it feels like because of the comma inserted, it seems to be no longer the woman who was sitting alone at a table) Q2) Is sentence 2 grammatical and natural if sentence 2 implies "I was watching a woman and I was sitting alone at a table" because of the comma in sentence 2? Q3) I learnt that putting a comma to set off a participle phrase changes the meaning of a sentence, but I'm not sure it could apply even to this sentence 1. Does it? https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/mechanics/gerunds_participles_and_infinitives/participles.html#:~:text=A%20participial%20phrase%20is%20set,from%20the%20word%20it%20modifies According to this link, because of the comma, the meaning "I was watching a woman and the woman was sitting alone at a table" of sentence 1 is changed to "I was watching a woman and I was sitting alone at a table", but since there isn't the same example as mine, I'm not sure about the three questions. Would you please answer my three questions?, and please tell me whether you're an English expert. Thanks a lot. (14)

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If you're a native speaker whose major is English, could you help me with these questions? 1.I was watching a woman sitting alone at a table. This sentence 1 implies "I was watching a woman and the woman was sitting alone at a table", but what would sentence 1 imply if there is a comma between a woman and sitting as in sentence 2 below? 2.I was watching a woman, sitting alone at a table. Q1) Because of the comma in sentence 2, does sentence 2 imply "I was watching a woman and I was sitting alone at a table"? (To me, it feels like because of the comma inserted, it seems to be no longer the woman who was sitting alone at a table) Q2) Is sentence 2 grammatical and natural if sentence 2 implies "I was watching a woman and I was sitting alone at a table" because of the comma in sentence 2? Q3) I learnt that putting a comma to set off a participle phrase changes the meaning of a sentence, but I'm not sure it could apply even to this sentence 1. Does it? https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/mechanics/gerunds_participles_and_infinitives/participles.html#:~:text=A%20participial%20phrase%20is%20set,from%20the%20word%20it%20modifies According to this link, because of the comma, the meaning "I was watching a woman and the woman was sitting alone at a table" of sentence 1 is changed to "I was watching a woman and I was sitting alone at a table", but since there isn't the same example as mine, I'm not sure about the three questions. Would you please answer my three questions?, and please tell me whether you're an English expert. Thanks a lot. (15)

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