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Danieljsg Posted 21 years ago
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0 hi guys,i have a confusion here,i this correct 02br
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0 Hello Daniel 02br 02br 00If I were you, I would say simply: "That mistake was due to her ignorance". 02br 02br 00I'm a mere learner, so you can wait better answers from native speakers. 02br 02br 02br 00paco 0-

— Paco2004

  • 0 Hello Daniel 02br 02br 00If I were you, I would say simply: "That mistake was due to her ignorance".
  • 02br 02br 00I'm a mere learner, so you can wait better answers from native speakers.
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0 Hello Daniel 02br
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0 Alternately, 02br
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00I'll do the job for the amount agreed to. 02br
00The mistake was caused by her ignorance. (not "for") 02br
00She made the mistake out of ignorance. (not "for") 02br
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0 thanks guys ,im asking because i have seen (for example in longman dictionary )examples like we could hardly see for the mist(meaning because of)so i really dont know if it is correct,but for me sounds weird 02br
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0 This is a rarely used construction. One somewhat puzzling use is: "You can't win for losing". 02br
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0 I'll do the job for the amount agreed to. 02br
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00CJ, why do you have to put a preposition at the end? I have this question because I thought it could be part of a relative clause but it doesn't seem to work: 02br
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00I'll do the job for the amount to which we agreed. ?? 02br
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0 Conceptually, it is exactly as you paraphrased it: I'll do the job for the amount to which we agreed. 02br
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00We agreed [to / on / upon] $100. That's the amount we agreed [to / on / upon]. It's the amount [to / on / upon] which we agreed. 02br
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00It's only very rarely we would hear these phrasings, however. Much more common is the version wit
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