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Vincent Teo Posted 18 years ago
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continue to finish
0 Can I say, 02 br
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00 (a) Although she was in pain, she still continued to finish the competition and won a gold medal. 02 br
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00 (b) Although she was in pain, she still continued to finish the high jump event in the competition. 02 br
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00 (c) Although she was in pain, she still continued until the end of the high jump event. 0-
02 br
00 (a) Although she was in pain, she still continued to finish the competition and won a gold medal. 02 br
02 br
00 (b) Although she was in pain, she still continued to finish the high jump event in the competition. 02 br
02 br
00 (c) Although she was in pain, she still continued until the end of the high jump event. 0-
Top answer
t find any mistake. But "continue to finish" sounds strange to my ears. " 0-
- t find any mistake.
- But "continue to finish" sounds strange to my ears.
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0 My comment: 02 br
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00 I focused on "continue" and I couldn!t find any mistake. But "continue to finish" sounds strange to my ears. Instead, say " tried to finish." 0-
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00 I focused on "continue" and I couldn!t find any mistake. But "continue to finish" sounds strange to my ears. Instead, say " tried to finish." 0-
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0 I agree with Doll: "continue to finish" isn't quite right. "Continued until finishing" would be better, as the work is continued, not the finishing [finishing is a quick finite action, while continuing is ongoing]. 0-
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