Are these sentences grammatically correct?
The velcro hook and loop of the seat cushion is too short for attaching it to the frame structure
The velcro hook and loop to the seat cushion provided is too short attaching it to the frame structure.
The Velcro hook and loop attached to the seat cushion is too short for tie it to the frame structure.
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Hi The first is OK. In the second, you cannot use the -ing form immediately after 'too short'. For a different sentence, you could say: it is too short to attach to the frame structure.
- Hi The first is OK.
- In the second, you cannot use the -ing form immediately after 'too short'.
- For a different sentence, you could say: it is too short to attach to the frame structure.
- In the third sentence, you cannot say 'too short for tie'.
- Partly, that's just not an acceptable form of the adverbial phrase; partly, I'd say, we don't tie a velcro fastening we just attach it, without tying.
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The first is OK.
In the second, you cannot use the -ing form immediately after 'too short'. For a different sentence, you could say: it is too short to attach to the frame structure.
In the third sentence, you cannot say 'too short for tie'. Partly, that's just not an acceptable form of the adverbial phrase; partly, I'd say, we don't tie a velcro fastening we just attach
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