Freeguy
Senior Member
- Joined
- Oct 4, 2013
- Member Type
- English Teacher
- Native Language
- Persian
- Home Country
- Iran
- Current Location
- Iran
Hello,
Which option(s) do you choose? (Source: British Council)
1. [FONT="]People spend their lunchtime glued to their screens or barely glance up from their phones. (BC's version)
2. [/FONT][FONT="]People spend their lunchtime glued to their screens and barely glance up from their phones. (me)
3. [/FONT][FONT="]People spend their lunchtime glued to their screens or barely glancing up from their phones. (me)
[/FONT]4. [FONT="]People spend their lunchtime glued to their screens[/FONT][FONT="],[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT][FONT="] barely [/FONT]glancing up[FONT="] from their phones. (me)
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I'm unhappy about that "or", since it seems to indicate an alternative. Options #2, #3 and #4 work for me.
What do you think?
Thank you.
Which option(s) do you choose? (Source: British Council)
1. [FONT="]People spend their lunchtime glued to their screens or barely glance up from their phones. (BC's version)
2. [/FONT][FONT="]People spend their lunchtime glued to their screens and barely glance up from their phones. (me)
3. [/FONT][FONT="]People spend their lunchtime glued to their screens or barely glancing up from their phones. (me)
[/FONT]4. [FONT="]People spend their lunchtime glued to their screens[/FONT][FONT="],[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT][FONT="] barely [/FONT]glancing up[FONT="] from their phones. (me)
[/FONT]
I'm unhappy about that "or", since it seems to indicate an alternative. Options #2, #3 and #4 work for me.
What do you think?
Thank you.