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Yoong Liat Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
general grammar
Hi guys
I feel there is something wrong with the last part of the sentence. It appears to me that something is missing. Could someone rephrase it so that it is correct grammatically?
Unknown to the smoker, the match, which he threw on the floor, was still burning after being blown. This caused the curtain to catch fire.
I feel there is something wrong with the last part of the sentence. It appears to me that something is missing. Could someone rephrase it so that it is correct grammatically?
Unknown to the smoker, the match, which he threw on the floor, was still burning after being blown. This caused the curtain to catch fire.
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"Unknown to the smoker, the match, which he threw on the floor, was still burning after being blown . " It is fine by me. The curtain caught fire because of a heedless smoker who blew a match and threw on the floor, albeit it was still burning.
- "Unknown to the smoker, the match, which he threw on the floor, was still burning after being blown .
- " It is fine by me.
- The curtain caught fire because of a heedless smoker who blew a match and threw on the floor, albeit it was still burning.
- or The curtain caught fire owing to a heedless smoker who dropped the match after blowing it, albeit it was still burning.
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"Unknown to the smoker, the match, which he threw on the floor, was still burning after being blown. This caused the curtain to catch fire." It is fine by me.
The curtain caught fire because of a heedless smoker who blew a match and threw on the floor, albeit it was still burning.
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The curtain caught fire because of a heedless smoker who blew a match and threw on the floor, albeit it was still burning.
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OK by me.
Perhaps a past perfect might help:
Unknown to the smoker, the match, which he had thrown on the floor, was still burning after being blown. This caused the curtain to catch fire.
Perhaps a past perfect might help:
Unknown to the smoker, the match, which he had thrown on the floor, was still burning after being blown. This caused the curtain to catch fire.
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Hi,
Unknown to the smoker, the match, which he threw on the floor, was still burning after being blown. This caused the curtain to catch fire.
The basic problem is that you don't 'blow a match', you 'blow out a match'.
Trying to keep your words as much as possible, I'd say something like
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Unknown to the smoker, the match, which he threw on the floor, was still burning after being blown. This caused the curtain to catch fire.
The basic problem is that you don't 'blow a match', you 'blow out a match'.
Trying to keep your words as much as possible, I'd say something like
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I would like to thank Inchoateknowledge, Marcius and Clive for replying to my query.
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Hi
"The basic problem is that you don't 'blow a match', you 'blow out a match'."
IMO, if you blow out something it will not burn anymore.
"If a flame or fire blows out, or if you blow it out, it stops burning because the wind has blown it or because you have blown it." Cambridge Online Dictionary.
"The basic problem is that you don't 'blow a match', you 'blow out a match'."
IMO, if you blow out something it will not burn anymore.
"If a flame or fire blows out, or if you blow it out, it stops burning because the wind has blown it or because you have blown it." Cambridge Online Dictionary.
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Hi Inchoateknowledge
I agree with your definition of 'blow' and 'blow out'. In the context of the sentence, the smoker did not blow out the match or else the curtain couldn't have caught fire.
I agree with your definition of 'blow' and 'blow out'. In the context of the sentence, the smoker did not blow out the match or else the curtain couldn't have caught fire.
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Yes, but as was shown in Clive's suggested correction, he thought he had blown it out.
You don't "blow" a match, you "blow out" a match. The sentence does not make sense (as well as not being at all idiomatic) as written. You can also simply delete the entire part after "was still burning."
You don't "blow" a match, you "blow out" a match. The sentence does not make sense (as well as not being at all idiomatic) as written. You can also simply delete the entire part after "was still burning."
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Inchoateknowledge"Unknown to the smoker, the match, which he threw on the floor, was still burning after being blown. This caused the curtain to catch fire." It is fine by me.
The curtain caught fire because of a heedless smoker who blew a match and threw on the floor, albeit it was still burning.
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Yoong LiatHi InchoateknowledgeIt's blow out. Accept it.
I agree with your definition of 'blow' and 'blow out'. In the context of the sentence, the smoker did not blow out the match or else the curtain couldn't have caught fire.
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