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In "I was busted for jaywalking with my friend" what do the words "with my friend" modify, busted? or jaywalking? Thanks very much!

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@elianna75,

Ordinarily 75, it modifies "jaywalking." However we could suppose not just you but he too was cited, in which case it modifies "busted"

But then we'd be more likely to say "I was busted with my friend for jaywalking"

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Where I come from, we don't get busted for crossing the road. Sure seems weird.

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It doesn't make sense. If you were with a friend and you both were jaywalking, then both of you should have been busted.

Should be: I was busted with my friend for jaywalking.

'with my friend' become an adverb explaining was busted.

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@PUNKEY,

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It doesn't make sense. If you were with a friend and you both were jaywalking, then both of you should have been busted.

Should be: I was busted with my friend for jaywalking.

'with my friend' become an adverb explaining was busted.

Yes. "I was busted for jaywalking with my friend" suggests she was busted for being with her friend.

If Americans love freedom so much, why do they submit to being told by a cop when and where to cross a street?

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@elianna75,

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In "I was busted for jaywalking with my friend" what do the words "with my friend" modify, busted? or jaywalking? Thanks very much!

It's hard to tell because we don't know the actual sequence of events. "with my friend" might just mean, "while I was with my friend".

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