found him seated/sitting

[GUEST2008]

Hi

When I came back home I found him seated in the tall grass ...

When I came back home I found him sitting in the tall grass ...


Is there any difference in meaning between these two?

 

[Barb_D]

There is no practical different at all.

 

[keen learner]

Hi

When I came back home I found him seated in the tall grass ...

When I came back home I found him sitting in the tall grass ...



Is there any difference in meaning between these two?

Well I think the second sentence is correct.
It means he was sitting over there voluntarily perhaps waiting for someone.
Whereas "seated" is used when one is formerly made to sit like at some formal gathering or event which is not evident from context of the first sentence.
Thanks.

 

[GUEST2008]

The context was that he was sitting there because he wanted to.

 

[emsr2d2]

Well I think the second sentence is correct.
It means he was sitting over there voluntarily perhaps waiting for someone.
Whereas "seated" is used when one is formerly made to sit like at some formal gathering or event which is not evident from context of the first sentence.
Thanks.

I disagree.

I am currently sitting on my sofa.
You can find me, right now, seated on my sofa.

I can assure that my sofa doesn't constitute a formal gathering or event. ;-)

 

[keen learner]

I disagree.

I am currently sitting on my sofa.
You can find me, right now, seated on my sofa.

I can assure that my sofa doesn't constitute a formal gathering or event. ;-)

Thanks , i wasn't aware that it could be used in the casual sense too.

 

[konungursvia]

I see what you are thinking, and you have at least captured a statistically significant tendency. Seated is more formal, to me, than sitting, but both are possible in virtually every situation.

The difference, to me, is that the verb "to seat", like "to be seated", means that a seat is provided, whereas sitting doesn't necessarily imply this.

That's just my impression.

Well I think the second sentence is correct.
It means he was sitting over there voluntarily perhaps waiting for someone.
Whereas "seated" is used when one is formerly made to sit like at some formal gathering or event which is not evident from context of the first sentence.
Thanks.