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Belly Posted 19 years ago
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0I have 3 very simple question to ask you, expect for help:02br
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001) I read a in a forum there's a sentence: (sorry, but I've forgotten what that forum is)02br
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00The people 01i00_______02i00 there first , will get the best bargain02br
00a) getting02br
00b) That get02br
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00What is the correct answer? Why? Because according to the teacher book of the questioner, it is 01font00B 02font00but I still confuse b/c a is also correct?02br
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002) Mary made mistake because she refused to listen to advice02br
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00Can we transform it like this? Mary's mistake 01i00__________02i00(resulted) the refusal to listen to advice (the word given is 01font00resulted02font00)02br
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00I would did it :02br
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00Mary's mistake 01u00was resulted in by02u00 the refusal to listen to advice02br
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00Is it right or not, why?02br
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003) By 1890, there were over 60 steamboats on the Missisipi Rivers,___________were quite luxurious02br
00a) many of them 02br
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00b)many of which02br
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00c) which many02br
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00d) many those02br
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00I still confuse between 01font00a02font00 and 01font00b02font00 , my teacher said b is correct. Why?0-
  

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02i 02br 02br 00 Stylistically there is no need to say "getting", which focuses on an action in progress. 02i 02br 02br 01i 00from02i 00 indicates a source. 02br 02br 01i 00By 1890, there were over 60 steamboats on the Mississippi River.

— CalifJim

  • 02i 02br 02br 00 Stylistically there is no need to say "getting", which focuses on an action in progress.
  • 02i 02br 02br 01i 00from02i 00 indicates a source.
  • 02br 02br 01i 00By 1890, there were over 60 steamboats on the Mississippi River.
  • 02i 02br 02br 00 CJ0-
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0 01i00The people that get there first will get the best bargain.02i02br
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00 Stylistically there is no need to say "getting", which focuses on an action in progress. The people aren't in the process of getting there.02br
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01i00Mary's mistake resulted from the refusal to listen to advice.02i02br
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0Dear CJ,02br
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00The first sentence, I thought that was a relative clause, so we must add "getting" here?02br
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00The second, I 've learned that "resulted" only goes with "in"? It goes with "from", too?02br
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00The third, my teacher taught me exactly what you said, thanks a lot.0-
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0resulted02br
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00resulted in - the next words tell us what the result was.02br
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00resulted from - the next words tell what caused this result.02br
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00The scarcity of drinking water resulted from the lack of rain over the winter. The scarcity of drinking water resulted in rationing being introduced.0-
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0Thanks nona02br
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00Anyone help me with question 1 and 2?0-
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00I thought that was a relative clause, so we must add "getting" here?12blockquote
10No. A relative clause does not require "getting" nor any other 01i00-ing02i00 word. You may be confusing 01u00relative clause02u00 with 01u00present participle clause02u00.02br

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0 So what's the 01u00present participle clause02u00.? 0-
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0 Well, 01i00getting there first02i00, for example, from your own post.02br
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00 It's a group of words with an 01i00-ing02i00 form of a verb, usually the first in the group, used as an adjective.02br
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