a man standing...

[navi tasan]

Which are correct:

1) It wouldn't have been seen by a man sitting, but it would have been by a man standing.
2) It wouldn't have been seen by a sitting man, but it would have been by a standing man.

3) The necklace was found by a man jogging.
4) The necklace was found by a jogging man.

One could of course use 'a man who was...', but I want to see whether that could be avoided.

Gratefully,
Navi.

 

[jutfrank]

They're all correct, with different emphases.

 

[teechar]

3) The necklace was found by a man jogging.
4) The necklace was found by a jogging man.

The man was jogging in #3, whereas #4 describes the man as a jogging enthusiast (he may/may not have been jogging at the time).

 

[navi tasan]

Thank you both very much,

A special thanks to Teechar for the interesting distinction. I think there is a difference bet

 

[Tdol]

But you'd struggle to find the context where #4 would be natural. ;-)