He spoke to the playing boy.

[Akasaka]

Hello members,

Here is a sentence.
He spoke to the playing boy.

Can I use "playing" like this? Is this a correct sentence?

Thanks in advance.

 

[DonnyB]

If you're trying to use it to mean "He spoke to the boy, who was playing" then I personally would say it's not very idiomatic.

 

[velisarius]

You may find this thread interesting:
Some participles can modify a noun from the top, some can't. Why?

 

[Akasaka]

Thanks velisarius. Interesting.