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Zackhk Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
A grammatical question about "ignore"
The more creative the students were thought to be , determined by a questionnaire on past achievements,the more trouble they had _____ the unwanted data.
A.ignore
B.ignoring
C.to ignore
D.ignored
ANS:B ,I am a little bit confused right now, had + Verb(ing)???? I thought it it wrong....
Also can you tell me how to make a sentence structure like" The more xxxx someone xxxx, the more yyyy someone yyyy"
and what things need to be aware of when making a structure like that?
A.ignore
B.ignoring
C.to ignore
D.ignored
ANS:B ,I am a little bit confused right now, had + Verb(ing)???? I thought it it wrong....
Also can you tell me how to make a sentence structure like" The more xxxx someone xxxx, the more yyyy someone yyyy"
and what things need to be aware of when making a structure like that?
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The more creative the students were thought to be, determined by a questionnaire on past achievements, the more trouble they had ___ the unwanted data. " Study the clause: the more trouble they had ignoring the unwanted data. " That is what is confusing!
- The more creative the students were thought to be, determined by a questionnaire on past achievements, the more trouble they had ___ the unwanted data.
- " Study the clause: the more trouble they had ignoring the unwanted data.
- " That is what is confusing!
- " The conventional order of the clause would be: They had trouble ignoring the data .
- (participial phrase, modifying "trouble") OR Ignoring the data gave them trouble.
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The more creative the students were thought to be, determined by a questionnaire on past achievements, the more trouble they had ___ the unwanted data.
The answer is "ignoring."
Study the clause: the more trouble they had ignoring the unwanted data.
The verb phrase is not "had ignoring." That is what is confusing!
The
The answer is "ignoring."
Study the clause: the more trouble they had ignoring the unwanted data.
The verb phrase is not "had ignoring." That is what is confusing!
The
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Hi, B is the correct answer.
Consider these two sample parallel sentences.
The longer I lived with her, the more doubts I had wondering if I had made a good decision.
The
zackhk, had + Verb(ing)???? I thought it it wrong..No, that is not a grammatical construction.
Consider these two sample parallel sentences.
The longer I lived with her, the more doubts I had wondering if I had made a good decision.
The
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