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Zany tile 941 Posted 6 years ago
Grammar
Grammar and sentence structure
Can someone help me? The sentences below are grammatically incorrect? Why?
a) He stole an old grandmother of her life savings.
b) Do you know what is the answer?
c) If I hadn't gone to that party, I could never meet you.
Top answer
No ideas? a) There's a word choice problem. You can steal money, but you can't steal a grandmother.
- No ideas?
- a) There's a word choice problem.
- You can steal money, but you can't steal a grandmother.
- Well, you can try, but she might put up some resistance.
- b) There's a word order problem in the embedded question.
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No ideas?
a) There's a word choice problem.
You can steal money, but you can't steal a grandmother. Well, you can try, but she might put up some resistance.
b) There's a word order problem in the embedded question.
c) There's a faulty tense relationship. The last part with could meet does not go with hadn't gone in the if-clause.
CJ
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