http://www.englishforums.com/English/EslGeneralEnglishGrammar-Questions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here. <font color=red>DO NOT post paragraphs and compositions here. Post them in our <a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayReportCompositionWriting/Forum9.htm"><b>Essay, Report and Composition Writing Forum</b></a>.</font>enXMOD (Build: 3614.32638)http://www.englishforums.com/English/AreTheseSentencesSameMeaning/gghdg/post.htm#532714Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:31:24 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:532714CalifJim0http://www.englishforums.com/English/AreTheseSentencesSameMeaning/gghdg/post.htm#532714http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-532714.xmlThe only one that stands out as having a different meaning is the second. ( b ) That means he lay in bed for the purpose of reading a novel. CJhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/AreTheseSentencesSameMeaning/gghdg/post.htmTue, 24 Feb 2009 14:31:24 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:532684Anonymous1http://www.englishforums.com/English/AreTheseSentencesSameMeaning/gghdg/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-532684.xmlAre the following 5 sentences equal to one another or if they have different meanings? If so, can any one tell me what the diferences are? Thanks a lot. a. He lay in bed and read a novel. b. He lay in bed to read a novel. c. He lay in bed reading a novel. &lt; no comma &gt; d. He lay in bed, reading a novel. &lt; with a comma&gt; e. Reading a novel, he lay in bed,