YOU SAID:

THERE WAS SOMETHING STRANGE ABOUT THE WAY HE WALKED, MUCH MORE VERTICAL THAN USUAL.

INTO JAPANESE

彼の歩き方には奇妙な何かがあり、いつもよりずっと垂直だった。

BACK INTO ENGLISH

There was something strange about the way he walked and it was much more vertical than usual.

INTO JAPANESE

彼の歩き方には奇妙な何かがあり、いつもよりずっと垂直でした。

BACK INTO ENGLISH

There was something strange about the way he walked and it was much more vertical than usual.