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Cat navy 425 Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

Doubt in sentence

Dear all,

Kindly tell me which of the following sentences are correct.

1.He patted her shoulder to console her.

2.He patted on her shoulder to console her.

Thanking you.

  

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He patted her on her shoulder to console her. This is a controversial solution because a third of the words in this sentence are "her", but nobody ever said that consolation would come cheap. com/dictionary/come%20cheap

  • He patted her on her shoulder to console her.
  • This is a controversial solution because a third of the words in this sentence are "her", but nobody ever said that consolation would come cheap.
  • com/dictionary/come%20cheap
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He patted her on her shoulder to console her.

This is a controversial solution because a third of the words in this sentence are "her", but nobody ever said that consolation would come cheap.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/come%20cheap

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