* Has anyone seen the book I was reading?

(Does thes sentence above mean #1 or #2?)

1. Has anyone seen before the book I was reading?

2. Has anyone seen the book I was reading? And does he know where the book is?

The sentence "Has anyone seen the book I was reading?" means #2: "Has anyone seen the book I was reading? And does he know where the book is?"

To understand this, let's break down the sentence:

"Has anyone seen" - This is a question asking if anyone has come across something.
"the book I was reading" - Refers to a specific book that the speaker was reading.

So, when someone asks if anyone has seen the book they were reading, they are inquiring about whether anyone has encountered that specific book and if they know its current location.

# 2 is correct. # 1 is not grammatically correct.