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EnglishNoGood Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

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Please correct me if the following sentences have grammatical error:

He is trained to look at failure at the outset.

He is trained to look at failure from the outset.

Thanks in advance.

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EnglishNoGood Please correct me if the following sentences have grammatical error: He is trained to look at failure at the outset. He is trained to look at failure from the outset. Thanks in advance.

— Goodman

  • EnglishNoGood Please correct me if the following sentences have grammatical error: He is trained to look at failure at the outset.
  • He is trained to look at failure from the outset.
  • Thanks in advance.
  • ENG Hi Eng.
  • To me, [is trained] is not correct if you think about it logically.
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EnglishNoGoodPlease correct me if the following sentences have grammatical error:

He is trained to look at failure at the outset.

He is trained to look at failure from the outset.

Thanks in advance.

ENG

Hi Eng.

To me, [is trained] is not correct if you think about it logically. If someone is
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Depends on the context, I believe.
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Hi guys,

I wouldn't say either of these is incorrect.

Best wishes, Clive
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Hi Clive, I agree with you that grammatically both sentences are not incorrect. Of course I regard you as the master of Eng. Though, I like to share with you my perspectives. The way I perceived the pictures is that the verb “train” when used in a different context means different degree of expertise.

So if one is trained to look at failure, (by the way, I thought it’s awkwardly worded),
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Hi Goodman,

with the following sentences, which one would you say offers the most expertise #1

and based on the tense, which is more agreeable to the context? I'm not sure what context you mean. They have valid but different meanings. They all sound OK to me.

1) She is trained to respond to t
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Interesting....

I thought # 2 and # 4 offer the most expertise. Reason is, to me, [has been trained] suggested a longer inplied time of experience than [is trained]. Again, may be my interpretation. Anyhow, appreciate you reply!
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Hi,

Here's my thinking about this.

1) She is trained to respond to trauma emergencies This sounds like she currently has the skill.

2) She’s been trained to respond to trauma emergencies She most likely has the skill now but, and admittedly less commonly, she may have forgotten a lot of it because the training w
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He trained to look at failure from the outset.

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