Despite having experienced to shock he appeared to be calm.
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Is the sentence below correct?
Despite having experienced to shock he appeared to be calm.
It looks rather good to me, with the exception of 'to shock' which is strange. I think that 'shock' is a noun there rather than a verb and should have some article. My proposals:
a) Despite having experienced the shock he appeared to be calm.
- 'Shock' is known to the receiver, for example as second mention.
b) Despite having experienced a shock he appeared to be calm.
- 'Shock' is countable here.
c) Despite having experienced shock he appeared to be calm.
- 'Shock' is uncountable here.
Are all a), b) and c) correct? What is the difference between b) and c)?
Btw. does it mean that experiencing a shock was earlier in time than being calm?
If I said "Despite experiencing a shock he appeared to be calm", would that mean that experiencing a shock and being calm happened at the same time in the past?
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Is the sentence below correct? Despite having experienced to shock he appeared to be calm. It looks rather good to me, with the exception of 'to shock' which is strange.
- Is the sentence below correct?
- Despite having experienced to shock he appeared to be calm.
- It looks rather good to me, with the exception of 'to shock' which is strange.
- I think that 'shock' is a noun there rather than a verb and should have some article.
- My proposals: a) Despite having experienced the shock he appeared to be calm.
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Is the sentence below correct?
Despite having experienced to shock he appeared to be calm.
It looks rather good to me, with the exception of 'to shock' which is strange. I think that 'shock' is a noun there rather than a verb and should have some article.
My proposals:
a) Despite having experienced the shock he appeared to be calm.
- 'Shock' is known to
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