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Anonymous Posted 6 years ago
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Hi teachers. Please answer this

Hi teachers. Is this sentence good as it is or should I make it clear that I found the light switch and turned on the light?


I fumbled for the light switch to reveal a cavernous basement.

  

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anonymous Hi teachers. Is this sentence good as it is or should I make it clear that I found the light switch and turned on the light? Yes.

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  • anonymous Hi teachers.
  • Is this sentence good as it is or should I make it clear that I found the light switch and turned on the light?
  • Yes.
  • Your sentence implies that the purpose of your fumbling was to reveal a basement.
  • ) You knew the cavernous basement was there; your purpose was to reveal it.
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anonymousHi teachers. Is this sentence good as it is or should I make it clear that I found the light switch and turned on the light?

Yes.

Your sentence implies that the purpose of your fumbling was to reveal a basement. (to your companions, maybe?) You knew the cavernous basement was there; your purpose was to reveal it.

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anonymous

Hi teachers. Is this sentence good as it is or should I make it clear that I found the light switch and turned on the light?


I fumbled for the light switch to reveal a cavernous basement.

No, if "to reveal" is not a statement of purpose. If you mean that you fumbled for the switch and turned it on, and the consequence of that was

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