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Lucas21c Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

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Could you tell me which one among the following sentences is right?
Thank you.

A. Keynesian economists think a market should be regulated to correct for actual or potential economic abuse.

B. Keynesian economists thinks a market should be regulated to be correct for actual or potential economic abuse.
  

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Hi, Could you tell me which one among the following sentences is right? Thank you. A.

  • Hi, Could you tell me which one among the following sentences is right?
  • Thank you.
  • A.
  • Keynesian economists think a market should be regulated to correct for actual or potential economic abuse.
  • B.
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Hi,

Could you tell me which one among the following sentences is right?
Thank you.

A. Keynesian economists think a market should be regulated to correct for actual or potential economic abuse.

B. Keynesian economists thinks a market should be regulated to be correct for actual or po
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Could you tell me why? I think "markets" should be corrected, not correct.
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Hi,.
The meaning is really this..
Keynesian economists think markets should be regulated in order to correct them ( ie markets ) for actual or potential economic abuse.

For B to be correct gram
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I am sorry that there was a typo in B. ("to be correct" should have been "to be corrected")
Then, how about the following revised one?

Keynesian economists think markets should be regulated to corrected actual or potential economic abuse.
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Hi,

No.

You do something to correct a a problem.
You don't do something to corrected a problem.

ie you need the infinitive form, 'to correct'.

Clive
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Oh, my ***. there was a typo again.
This is the one that I revised.

Keynesian economists think markets should be regulated to correct actual or potential economic abuse.
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Hi,

Oh, my ***. there was a typo again.
This is the one that I revised.

Keynesian economists think markets should be regulated to correct actual or potential economic abuse.

This is the Version A that I originally said was correct,

Except that I didn't comment on the clumsy use of 'for'

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