The Mirror: Mystery of identity of man with playing cards tattoo who is fighting for life after collapsing in street
A mystery surrounds the identity of a man who is fighting for his life in hospital. The man - who has a distinctive playing cards tattoo on his shoulder - was taken to hospital after he was found ...
Mystery of identity of man with playing cards tattoo who is fighting for life after collapsing in street
Daily Mail: 'He blocked me on Facebook': Woman is left with a 'cheap, tacky' Jack of cards tattoo after her desperate attempt to win back her gambler ex backfired
Love hurt in more ways than one for a 22-year-old musician who hoped that getting a tattoo would win back her ex-boyfriend after he dumped her. Mel, from Essex, asked a friend to ink a Jack playing ...
'He blocked me on Facebook': Woman is left with a 'cheap, tacky' Jack of cards tattoo after her desperate attempt to win back her gambler ex backfired
Both "play" and "playing" is correct here. People often see him (who is) playing basketball on the playground at the weekend. People often see him (who) play basketball on the playground at the weekend. So essentially both carry the same meaning.
Is there no way to state the generic playing without a direct object? Or is "playing" inherently a transitive verb? Cambridge Dictionary first sense seems to suggest intransitive, but it seems to always have a "with him" or "on the street" after it. Is it natural to have this kind of conversation: "What were you doing?" "I was playing." "Oh, what did you play?/Who do you play with?"