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Taruns1008 Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Having broken down, the driver sent the car to the garage.
In this sentence there is a subject mismatch. It looks like if the driver was broken down. So i correct it in two way.
"The car having broken down, the drive sent the car to garbage."
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"Having broken down, the car was sent by the driver to the garage."
so which one is correct?
In this sentence there is a subject mismatch. It looks like if the driver was broken down. So i correct it in two way.
"The car having broken down, the drive sent the car to garbage."
.
"Having broken down, the car was sent by the driver to the garage."
so which one is correct?
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taruns1008 so which one is correct? Both forms are grammatically possible (except for the other errors). Active voice is generally better, but your #1 needs further work: The car having broken down, the driver sent it to the garage .
- taruns1008 so which one is correct?
- Both forms are grammatically possible (except for the other errors).
- Active voice is generally better, but your #1 needs further work: The car having broken down, the driver sent it to the garage .
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taruns1008so which one is correct?Both forms are grammatically possible (except for the other errors). Active voice is generally better, but your #1 needs further work:
The car having broken down, the driver sent it to the garage.
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taruns1008:
Having broken down, the driver sent the car to the garage.
In this sentence there is a subject mismatch. It looks like if the driver was broken down. So i correct it in two way.
"The car having broken down, the drive sent it to the garage."
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"Having broken down, the car was sent by the drive
Having broken down, the driver sent the car to the garage.
In this sentence there is a subject mismatch. It looks like if the driver was broken down. So i correct it in two way.
"The car having broken down, the drive sent it to the garage."
.
"Having broken down, the car was sent by the drive
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There's is a sentence in Cambridgde's manual "English Phrasal Verbs - Intermediate" (page12, section 4) "a breakdown vehicle [vehicle which helps drivers who have broken down"
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