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navi
10-07-2006, 12:35 AM
Are these sentences correct if it is Harry (he) who is drunk (drunk and exhausted):

-I fought Harry, drunk.
2-I fought him, drunk.
3-I fought Harry, drunk and exhausted.
4-I fought him, drunk and exhausted.

oishii
10-07-2006, 07:18 AM
Are these sentences correct if it is Harry (he) who is drunk (drunk and exhausted):

-I fought Harry, drunk.
2-I fought him, drunk.
3-I fought Harry, drunk and exhausted.
4-I fought him, drunk and exhausted.

Oh dear, you've got these modifiers dangling so far, I am not sure they could ever refer back to Harry :D . The dangling modifiers 'drunk' and 'drunk and exhausted' will by default refer back to the subject (the doer) of the main clause of the sentence, 'I'.

Perhaps it would be best to revise the sentences to ...

"I fought Harry who was drunk and exhausted."

... to capture the sense that Harry was the one who was drunk and exhausted.