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Nananara Posted 6 years ago
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- Mary wanted John to be a doctor, so he promised her to.
- Mary wanted John to be a doctor, so he promised her to be.
- Mary promised John to be a doctor, and Jill promised Tom to.
- Mary promised John to be a doctor, and Jill promised Tom to be.
- Mary promised John to be a doctor, but Jill didn't promised him to.
- Mary promised John to be a doctor, but Jill didn't promised him to be.
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Those don't work. 'promise to (be)' is rarely used at the end of a clause. It has to be something like this: The only reason he stopped smoking was that his wife made him promise to.
- Those don't work.
- 'promise to (be)' is rarely used at the end of a clause.
- It has to be something like this: The only reason he stopped smoking was that his wife made him promise to.
- CJ
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Those don't work. 'promise to (be)' is rarely used at the end of a clause. It has to be something like this:
The only reason he stopped smoking was that his wife made him promise to.
CJ
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