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T509 Posted 19 years ago
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0Hi, help me with the sentences below.02br
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001a) She should have known better than to listen to him.02br
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001b) She should have known better not to listen to him.02br
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002a) I had difficulty understanding him.02br
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002b) I had difficulty to understand him.0-
  

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0 1b and 2b are not correct. 02br 02br 00 CJ0-

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  • 0 1b and 2b are not correct.
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0 1b and 2b are not correct. 1a and 2a are what you want.02br
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00 You can say 01i00She should have known better 01u00than02u00 02i01u00not02u00 to listen to him00, but that's the opposite of 1a.02br
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0 Thanks for the answer, but could I ask you why they are incorrect? 0-
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0 They are incorrect because they break the rules of English grammar.02br
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00 The idiom is 01i00to know better 01b00than02b02i00. The word 01i00than02i00 is part of the expression.02br
00 The words 01i00I had02i00 01i00[difficulty / trouble / a problem / a har
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0 Is it incorrect to consider "to understand him" as an 01i00infinitive 02i00functioning as an 01i00adjective 02i00which modifies the word "difficulty"? 0-
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00 Is it incorrect to consider "to understand him" as an 11i10infinitive 12i10functioning as an 11i10adjective 12i10which modifies the word "difficulty"? 12blockquote
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00 No, that would not be incorrect. In fact, 01u00if02u00 English allowed infinitives aft
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