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Bepleased Posted 14 years ago
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How strange it was "for" ....
Hello,In the following sentence, I think "it" for the song Gimi sang not for the whole sentence, if not, the "for" after "was" will not appear.I need your suggestion.Thank you for your help. [How strange it was for when Gimi sang I had thought the song a pleasant melody but now it was as the music of my own funeral dirge.]
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How strange it was , for when Gimi sang I had thought the song a pleasant melody but now it was as the music of my own funeral dirge. You had an important comma missing after 'was'. 'It' applies to the whole experience.
- How strange it was , for when Gimi sang I had thought the song a pleasant melody but now it was as the music of my own funeral dirge.
- You had an important comma missing after 'was'.
- 'It' applies to the whole experience.
- And without 'for', the sentence structure collapses.
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How strange it was, for when Gimi sang I had thought the song a pleasant melody but now it was as the music of my own funeral dirge.
You had an important comma missing after 'was'. 'It' applies to the whole experience. And without 'for', the sentence structure collapses.
You had an important comma missing after 'was'. 'It' applies to the whole experience. And without 'for', the sentence structure collapses.
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Thanks a lot MM.Yes, and how use "that" instead of the "for"? Because that I think the "for" used to show what the "it" is meant by..........And "that clause" also can do so .
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How strange it was that when Gimi sang I had thought the song a pleasant melody but now it was as the music of my own funeral dirge.
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