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Cat fold 525 Posted 8 years ago
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Bring something to an end

She brought the concert to an end with a piano solo.

Can I say She brought to an end the concert with a piano solo or She brought an end to the concert with a piano solo?

  

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cat fold 525 Can I say She brought to an end the concert with a piano solo or She brought an end to the concert with a piano solo? No. The first one is particularly bad.

  • cat fold 525 Can I say She brought to an end the concert with a piano solo or She brought an end to the concert with a piano solo?
  • No.
  • The first one is particularly bad.
  • You can't put anything between a verb ( brought ) and its direct object ( the concert ).
  • CJ
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cat fold 525Can I say She brought to an end the concert with a piano solo or She brought an end to the concert with a piano solo?

No. The first one is particularly bad. You can't put anything between a verb (brought) and its direct object (the concert).

CJ

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