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SeekerOfPeace Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

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0 He claimed to01i00______02i00 in the supermarket when he was shopping yesterday.02br
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00A) badly treated02br
00B) treating badly02br
00 C) have been badly treated02br
00 D) to treat badly02br
00 I know the answer is C.02br
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00But what is the grammatical explanation here? Why is C the right answer?02br
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00 Could someone help me out on the grammatical mechanics here? Why is this the right answer (a grammatical explanation)02br
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00 16. Once you have cured the water pollution problem, you will have to take steps to avoid it 01i00_______02i00 again.02br
00 a. to happen b. happens c. happening d. happened02br
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00 C) happening02br
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00 But why is this the right answer? 0-
  

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01-- The sentence gives you the infinitive '01i 00to'02i 00 ('01i 00claimed to02i 00'), and only C is an infinitive (present perfect passive). 02br 02br 02i 00 0-

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  • 01-- The sentence gives you the infinitive '01i 00to'02i 00 ('01i 00claimed to02i 00'), and only C is an infinitive (present perfect passive).
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01-- The sentence gives you the infinitive '01i00to'02i00 ('01i00claimed to02i00'), and only C is an infinitive (present perfect passive). D has too many '01i00to02i00's and is not semantically meaningful.02br
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002-- 01i00Avoid02i00 takes the participle: 01i00 I avoided
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0 Thank you very much.02br
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00I understand why the answer is C) in the first sentence (present perfect passive).02br
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00Now in the second sentence, you said:02br
00"01i00Avoid02i00 takes the participle: 01i00 I avoided seeing her."02i02br
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00 2. Once you have cured the
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1i00Avoid02i00 is correct in the sentence. 01i00Avoid 02i00requires the 01i00-ing02i00 form (the present participle) to follow it.02br
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01i00I 01b00avoided 02b00see01b00ing02b00 her.02br
00Take steps to01b00 avoid02b00 i
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0 Ok, I understand what you mean.02br
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00I would like to11b10 avoid12b10 return11b10ing12b10 to this thread.12blockquote
12i00I kind of wish it weren't such a pain for you to help me out though.02br
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00Thanks though.0-
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0No pain, no gain, SoP-- you learn English, I learn how to teach English.0-
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0 Actually what I meant is that there's a lot of satisfaction to be found in helping other people out.02br
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00I hope the satisfaction of helping and making a positive difference outweighs the frustration you will be confronted with as you teach English. You will pretty much be dealing with misunderstandings on a daily basis.02br
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00There doesn't ne
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