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BulbulTada Posted 8 years ago
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Can be known to be?

If there is some context given by which the club and the warehouse can be known to be in two different towns ...

Is the underlined in the above sentence, 'can known to be', correct?

  

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If there is some context given by which the club and the warehouse can be known to be in two different towns ... Is the underlined in the above sentence, 'can be known to be', correct? It's not wrong, but it is very clumsy English.

  • If there is some context given by which the club and the warehouse can be known to be in two different towns ...
  • Is the underlined in the above sentence, 'can be known to be', correct?
  • It's not wrong, but it is very clumsy English.
  • More natural is eg If there is some context given which shows the club and the warehouse are in two different towns ...
  • Tim was a clumsy boy, always bumping into the furniture.
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If there is some context given by which the club and the warehouse can be known to be in two different towns ...

Is the underlined in the above sentence, 'can be known to be', correct? It's not wrong, but it is very clumsy English. More natural is eg If there is some context given which shows the club and the warehouse are in two different towns ...

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