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Teo Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
except V
0 The graduate stduent had nothing in mind except 01 i 00 ____ 02 i 00 his thesis. 02 br
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00 (A)finishing (B) finish (C)finished (D)to finish 02 br
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00 The given answer is D, but I think the correct choice is A. Which is right? 0-
02 br
00 (A)finishing (B) finish (C)finished (D)to finish 02 br
02 br
00 The given answer is D, but I think the correct choice is A. Which is right? 0-
Top answer
0 D is indeed right. 02 br 00 CJ 0-
- 0 D is indeed right.
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0 D is indeed right. It's a (perhaps strange) parallelism with an implicit clause. 02 br
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00 He had nothing in mind (that he wanted 01 b 00 to do 02 b 00 ) except (that he wanted) 01 b 00 to finish 02 b 00 his thesis. 02 br
00 CJ 0-
02 br
00 He had nothing in mind (that he wanted 01 b 00 to do 02 b 00 ) except (that he wanted) 01 b 00 to finish 02 b 00 his thesis. 02 br
00 CJ 0-
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0 CJ's right about the parallelism, still I think both would be OK: 02 br
00 79 on "except finishing the" 02 br
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00 105 on "except to finish the" 02 br
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00 79 on "except finishing the" 02 br
05 0 02 br
02 br
00 105 on "except to finish the" 02 br
05 1 0240href http://books.google.com/books?q=%22except+finishing+the%22&btnG=Search+Books241href http://books.google.com/books?q=%22except+to+finish+the%22&btnG=Search+B
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