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Thein lwin Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

agreement

After travelling for a number of days, their dry rations ran out.
In the sentence, is there any problem with the agreement?If there is, I'd like to know it.
Thanks in advance.
  

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Nope.

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thein lwinany problem with the agreement?
Not exactly agreement, but modification. There is an interpretation in which their dry rations had been traveling when the intent is to say that they had been traveling (with their dry rations) and the rations ran out.

CJ
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CalifJim thein lwinany problem with the agreement?Not exactly agreement, but modification. There is an interpretation in which their dry rations had been traveling when the intent is to say that they had been traveling (with their dry rations) and the rations ran out.CJ
Right. After they had traveled...their dry rations ran out.
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