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Lucas21c Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Could you help me?
Could you tell me whether I can transform my sentence from "You letter caused her a great deal of distress." into "You letter caused a great deal of distress to/for/of her."?
Thank you.
Thank you.
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"? " to infer the pain and distress still affecting her.
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- " to infer the pain and distress still affecting her.
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lucas21c"Your letter caused her a great deal of distress." into "Your letter caused a great deal of distress toI would prefer present perfect tense: "has caused..." to infer the pain and distress still affecting her./for/ofher."?
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Hi guys,
There is nothing in the original that indicates the distress is still affecting her.
Perhaps the speaker is talking about some incident that happened 50 years ago. Perhaps 'she' died years ago. Or perhaps not. We are simply not told.
Clive
There is nothing in the original that indicates the distress is still affecting her.
Perhaps the speaker is talking about some incident that happened 50 years ago. Perhaps 'she' died years ago. Or perhaps not. We are simply not told.
Clive
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