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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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in the condition in

Is this correct to you? the repetition of in

You have to give us back the room back in the condition in which we left it to you.
  

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" You must give us back the room in the [same] condition in which we left it to you. Of course there are many ways to say this. ) ( You must put it back the way it was.

  • " You must give us back the room in the [same] condition in which we left it to you.
  • Of course there are many ways to say this.
  • ) ( You must put it back the way it was.
  • )
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I'd say the repetition of "in" is correct, but I can't accept the repetition of "back."

You must give us back the room in the [same] condition in which we left it to you.

Of course there are many ways to say this.

(Perhaps you're intending to use two different senses of "back": give it back; and put it back.)

(You must put it back the way it wa

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