"I noticed an idling blue and white city bus patiently awaited the arrival of its passengers"
i've got an idea but i'm not quite sure.
2007-09-11 09:07:59 · 7 answers · asked by Meish 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
"I noticed an idling blue and white city bus patiently awating the arrival of its passengers."
Change awaited to awaiting.
Gramatically the sentence is ok. A bus, as a machine, really does not have characteristics like patience. So use of this adverb in this context is portraying a certain style and mood.
2007-09-11 09:14:56 · answer #1 · answered by John V 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
"Awaited" should be "Awaiting" -- or you should restructure it by adding "that".
There should probably be some commas in there.
Other than that -- I think it is crammatically correct, but really clumbsy. Can a bus be patient? there are twoo many ajectives before bus.
I suggest a complete rewrite:
I noticed a blue and white city bus that idled as it awaited the arrival of its passengers.
2007-09-11 16:15:52 · answer #2 · answered by Ranto 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I noticed an idling blue and white city bus patiently awaited the arrival of its passengers.
It's an awkward sentence.
I noticed that an idling blue and white city bus was patiently awaiting the arrival of its passengers.
I don't believe the coma is necessary between idling and blue as idling was one of the things the bus was doing.
2007-09-11 16:16:52 · answer #3 · answered by yancychipper 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Driver was waiting patiently the bus is unable to wait in any way. What were you doing when you noticed the bus?
2007-09-11 16:19:17 · answer #4 · answered by lakelover 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Change awaited to awaiting.
2007-09-11 16:12:34 · answer #5 · answered by hayharbr 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I'm not sure what the question is
2007-09-11 16:12:14 · answer #6 · answered by csbiup 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
"awaiting"
2007-09-11 16:12:12 · answer #7 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋