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"A walking shadow" or "Shadow which walks"?
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LinguaPirot
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"A walking shadow" or "Shadow which walks"?
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Hello! Which would be a more appropriate and more English to describe this photo? "A walking shadow" or "Shadow which walks"? I am all for the first one and would rather say "a shadow who walks", as the "Shadow which walks" sounds wrong... Thanks in advance!  |
28 Jan 2017
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redcamarocruiser
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I would say a shadow of a man walking because the shadow is not walking, the man is. (in my opinion)
Edit: @ LinguaPirot Awesome analysis! (below) Thanks for sharing! |
28 Jan 2017
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LinguaPirot
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redcamarocruiser Thank you for your answer! Yes, this is definitely an opinion based question... I prefer the "walking shadow" as it relates to Shakespeare �s Macbeth, and is a good short, effective and "poetic" enough for a title :) |
29 Jan 2017
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cunliffe
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A walking shadow. English prefers this form. In French, I would say, �Une ombre qui marche, � just in case that is of interest to anybody.  |
29 Jan 2017
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LinguaPirot
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Thank you,cunliffe. Yes, that �s what I believe too. I have asked elsewhere, and got a comparative analysis from the English literature corpus, where this phrase is far more frequent: Google Books-Ngram Viewer |
29 Jan 2017
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