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Fina12345 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
I need help with past tense sentence?
I want to say that my friend's mother's death has made her bipolar worse.
Is this the right sentence?
She just lost her mother which made her Bipolar worsen.
Is this the right sentence?
She just lost her mother which made her Bipolar worsen.
Top answer
No. These are: She lost her mother, which worsened her bipolar disorder. She lost her mother, which made her bipolar disorder worse.
- No.
- These are: She lost her mother, which worsened her bipolar disorder.
- She lost her mother, which made her bipolar disorder worse.
- [The loss of her mother / Her mother’s death] has [made her bipolar disorder worse / worsened her bipolar disorder].
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No. These are:
She lost her mother, which worsened her bipolar disorder.
She lost her mother, which made her bipolar disorder worse.
[The loss of her mother / Her mother’s death] has [made her bipolar disorder worse / worsened her bipolar disorder].
She lost her mother, which worsened her bipolar disorder.
She lost her mother, which made her bipolar disorder worse.
[The loss of her mother / Her mother’s death] has [made her bipolar disorder worse / worsened her bipolar disorder].
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Aspara GusNo. These are:She lost her mother, which worsened her bipolar disorder.She lost her mother, which made her bipolar disorder worse.I agree that these are much clearer than the original.
Aspara Gus[The loss of her mother / Her mother’s death] has [made her bipolar disorder worse / worsened her bipolar disorder].A p
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fivejedjonA pedant might object that these two have the same potential ambiguity as the first - the her before mother' could refer to the same person as the her before bipolar.This did occur to me, but I let it pass, since it’s a very unlikely misinterpretation. On second thought, though, I would prefer your suggestion.
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