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Redgiant Posted 15 years ago
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In the manner (to) which he had been accustomed to seeing it.
If he worked without stop from the moment he woke up in the morning until he fell into an exhausted heap on his pile of blankets, he could not keep the house in the manner to which he had been accustomed to seeing it.
Source: Bel Canto
A house host was trying to put the house back towards the familiar cleanness after some accident had ruined it.
Would you please tell me what "to" refer to? Is it followed by he had been accustomed to seeing it to? Thanks
Source: Bel Canto
A house host was trying to put the house back towards the familiar cleanness after some accident had ruined it.
Would you please tell me what "to" refer to? Is it followed by he had been accustomed to seeing it to? Thanks
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It's a very awkward sentence. The usual expression is: " a manner which he is accustomed to" or " a manner to which he is accustomed"
- It's a very awkward sentence.
- The usual expression is: " a manner which he is accustomed to" or " a manner to which he is accustomed"
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It's a very awkward sentence.
The usual expression is: "a manner which he is accustomed to"
or "a manner to which he is accustomed"
The usual expression is: "a manner which he is accustomed to"
or "a manner to which he is accustomed"
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