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Namsteven Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

For assassinating

- Last night the criminal was sentenced 5 years in jail for assassinating the prime minister of France.

- Is this sentence grammatical?

Thanks so much to Teachers,

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Hi, - Last night the criminal was sentenced to 5 years in jail for assassinating the prime minister of France. - Is this sentence grammatical? If you add 'to'.

— Clive

  • Hi, - Last night the criminal was sentenced to 5 years in jail for assassinating the prime minister of France.
  • - Is this sentence grammatical?
  • If you add 'to'.
  • Clive
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Hi,

- Last night the criminal was sentenced to 5 years in jail for assassinating the prime minister of France.

- Is this sentence grammatical? If you add 'to'.



Clive
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namsteven- Last night the criminal was sentenced 5 years in jail for assassinating the prime minister of France.
- Is this sentence grammatical?
It does seem a bit light.
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AvangiIt does seem a bit light.
Yeah, my thoughts exactly!
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Dear Teachers,

- The criminal just shot 5 times, but the prime minister is still alive now Emotion: smile So I think 5 years in jail is
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namstevenhe prime minister is still alive now
But "assassinating" in your sentence means he was killed.
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namstevenThe criminal just shot 5 times
That's one year per shot.
If he had been a better shot, he might have gotten away with only one year!
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