[Grammar] He is sitting with his legs crossed.

[Truongduc258]

Hello teacher,
I'm learning English and I need your help for this sentence:
He is sitting with his legs crossed.
I don't understand clearly which grammar points are used in bold words? I think it must be "crossed".
Thanks for your support.

 

[emsr2d2]

Welcome to the forum. :hi:

I don't understand your question. Are you saying that you think that "crossed" must be "the grammar points used in bold"? That doesn't make sense.

 

[jutfrank]

He's sitting with his legs crossed.

The red word sitting is a verb. The blue part is an adverbial phrase describing the way he's sitting.

We often use with + body part + past participle to describe body position.

He's sitting with his arms folded.
He's standing with his arms outstretched.

The past participle bit is just like an adjective, which we can also use in the same way:

He's sitting with his eyes open.
He's standing with his legs apart.
He's lying with his arms in the air.

 

[Truongduc258]

oh, I mean "crossing", thanks for your kind reminder.

 

[5jj]

oh, I mean "crossing",

With his legs crossed is correct. With his legs crossing is not.

 

[Phaedrus]

With his legs crossed is correct. With his legs crossing is not.

With his legs dangling would be quite normal and correct, though:

He is sitting with his legs dangling.
He is sitting on the beam with his legs dangling over the edge.