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Green89 Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

correct the sentence

please help me find out the mistake in this sentence,I can't see any mistake here:

1. Having lost his job (A), Edward was only (B) able to finish (C) one semester of college before he was forced (D) to leave shool

which one is the mistake?

thanks
  

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Green89 please help me find out the mistake in this sentence,I can't see any mistake here: 1. Having lost his job (A), Edward was only (B) able to finish (C) one semester of college before he was forced (D) to leave shool which one is the mistake? thanks Having lost his job, Edward was able to finish only one semester of college before he was forced to leave school.

— Philip

  • Green89 please help me find out the mistake in this sentence,I can't see any mistake here: 1.
  • Having lost his job (A), Edward was only (B) able to finish (C) one semester of college before he was forced (D) to leave shool which one is the mistake?
  • thanks Having lost his job, Edward was able to finish only one semester of college before he was forced to leave school.
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Green89please help me find out the mistake in this sentence,I can't see any mistake here:

1. Having lost his job (A), Edward was only (B) able to finish (C) one semester of college before he was forced (D) to leave shool

which one is the mistake?

thanks

Having lost his job,
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Or "was barely able..." I do agree that "only" is the mistake. Or "just able"?
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thankyou,Philip and Pieanne.But how about the tense in this sentence,should it be:

1. Having lost his job, Edward had been able to finish only one semester of college before he was forced (D) to leave shool ?
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Green89thankyou,Philip and Pieanne.But how about the tense in this sentence,should it be:

1. Having lost his job, Edward had been able to finish only one semester of college before he was forced (D) to leave shool ?
The pluperf is not necessary here; it seems like "too much verb" to my ear, althought it would be diffi
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Green89Having lost his job, Edward had been able to finish only one semester of college before he was forced (D) to leave shool ?
Hello

I totally agree with Philip. The use of "had been" is not ungrammatical, but it sounds redundant. If you say "Event A before Event B", this "before" makes clear the time relation between two Events A and B even
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I agree with Paco and Philip. No need for the past perfect here.
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Hi guys,

1. Having lost his job (A), Edward was only (B) able to finish (C) one semester of college before he was forced (D) to leave school.

I don't doubt that moving 'only' to say '...only one semester...' correctly reflects the writer's meaning here. However, I would argue that the sentence as written above is not gra
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