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Omar Ahmed Posted 4 years ago
Grammar

A puzzling question

Find the mistake in the following sentence:

I'm hoping to get an internship at a dentist's where a lot of the children in my area go to.

I think "the children" should be "children". Am I right?

  

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Omar Ahmed I think "the children" should be "children". Am I right? No.

— Anonymous

  • Omar Ahmed I think "the children" should be "children".
  • Am I right?
  • No.
  • It works either way.
  • The error is the final "to".
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Omar AhmedI think "the children" should be "children". Am I right?

No. It works either way. The error is the final "to". The sentence should read either "I'm hoping to get an internship at a dentist's where a lot of the children in my area go." or "I'm hoping to get an internship at a dentist's that a lot of the children in my area go to."

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