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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Awkwardness in a sentence
Hello.
As I was reading some writings online I came across a sentence which I found it to be somewhat awkward. The sentence goes like this: You are supposed to be here for learning English.
But I doubt that anyone would speak like that in real life. I tried to think of alternatives which might sound better, but I could not. Maybe something like "You are supposed to learn English here" or "You are here to learn English".
Someone pointed out that it should be "to learn" and not "for learning" but I see no point in correcting the sentence like that because it is phrased in a pretty awkward way in the first place.
Any explanations will help me clear up the fog in my mind.
Thank you so much in advance!
As I was reading some writings online I came across a sentence which I found it to be somewhat awkward. The sentence goes like this: You are supposed to be here for learning English.
But I doubt that anyone would speak like that in real life. I tried to think of alternatives which might sound better, but I could not. Maybe something like "You are supposed to learn English here" or "You are here to learn English".
Someone pointed out that it should be "to learn" and not "for learning" but I see no point in correcting the sentence like that because it is phrased in a pretty awkward way in the first place.
Any explanations will help me clear up the fog in my mind.
Thank you so much in advance!
Top answer
Will it ring any bell if I change it to, “You suppose to be here, to learn English" Or “You would have be here, to learn English" ELS replace "for learning" with "To learn".
- Will it ring any bell if I change it to, “You suppose to be here, to learn English" Or “You would have be here, to learn English" ELS replace "for learning" with "To learn".
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Will it ring any bell if I change it to, “You suppose to be here, to learn English" Or “You would have be here, to learn English" ELS replace "for learning" with "To learn".
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I just spotted a grammar mistake in my original post. Please ignore 'it' at the beginning of the sentence.
janaka daivananda Will it ring any bell if I change it to, “You suppose to be here, to learn English" Or “You would have be here, to learn English" ELS replace "for learning" with "To learn".Thanks for your post, but I don't think it thoroughly answers my
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You are supposed to be here to learn English.
This is a common, natural and quite correct version.
This is a common, natural and quite correct version.
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