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PreciousJones Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Hold
But now I am considered the Patriarch of the family and my job to hold the family together.
But now I am considered the Patriarch of the family and my job is to hold the family together.
Are both sentences grammatical?
Thank you.
But now I am considered the Patriarch of the family and my job is to hold the family together.
Are both sentences grammatical?
Thank you.
Top answer
No. Only the second is grammatical. In the first one it seems that 'to hold the family together' is a further description of 'my job', and then the sentence seems incomplete, as if it should end like this: ...
- No.
- Only the second is grammatical.
- In the first one it seems that 'to hold the family together' is a further description of 'my job', and then the sentence seems incomplete, as if it should end like this: ...
- and my job (to hold the family together) will be very difficult.
- CJ
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No. Only the second is grammatical.
In the first one it seems that 'to hold the family together' is a further description of 'my job', and then the sentence seems incomplete, as if it should end like this:
... and my job (to hold the family together) will be very difficult.
CJ
In the first one it seems that 'to hold the family together' is a further description of 'my job', and then the sentence seems incomplete, as if it should end like this:
... and my job (to hold the family together) will be very difficult.
CJ
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