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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
form and meaning
a) He robbed an old grandmother of her life savings.
(b) He stole an old grandmother of her life savings.
which sentence is correct and why, any help would be appreciated.
(b) He stole an old grandmother of her life savings.
which sentence is correct and why, any help would be appreciated.
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(a) He robbed an old grandmother of her life savings. (b) He stole the life savings of an old grandmother . We steal things ; we rob entities .
- (a) He robbed an old grandmother of her life savings.
- (b) He stole the life savings of an old grandmother .
- We steal things ; we rob entities .
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(a) He robbed an old grandmother of her life savings.
(b) He stole the life savings of an old grandmother.
We steal things; we rob entities.
(b) He stole the life savings of an old grandmother.
We steal things; we rob entities.
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He stole an old grandmother, sounds grammatically incorrect. it sounds like someone is stealing a grandmother. I think B is correct. He stole an old grandmother of her life savings.
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Anonymous He stole an old grandmother of her life savings.That is incorrect. See Mr M's post.
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