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Jayprakash Singh Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

Grammar: sentence formation

Are these sentences correct?

With my mother dead, I had none to be admired by.

With his programme over, we came back.


How to make these kinds of sentences?

  

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Are these sentences correct? Yes. But note that they are rather literary in style, and not common in everyday English.

  • Are these sentences correct?
  • Yes.
  • But note that they are rather literary in style, and not common in everyday English.
  • With my mother dead, I had none to be admired by.
  • With his programme over, we came back.
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Are these sentences correct? Yes. But note that they are rather literary in style, and not common in everyday English.

With my mother dead, I had none to be admired by.

With his programme over, we came back.


How to make these kinds of sentences? The 'with' part states a cause, and the next part states a consequence.

eg With the heavy rain, I got wet.

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