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Tsvsom Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

'inspire to' or 'served as inspiration for'

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00Which one of the following is better sentence. Looks like both of them have faulty pronoun references ('her'...'Agatha Christie'). If we are to choose one of them, which one would be better pick ? Why?02br
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00Agatha Christie's travels with her archaeologist husband inspired her to write several mystery novels.02br
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00Agatha Christie's travels with her archaeologist husband served as inspiration for several of her mystery novels.02br
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00Thanks.02br
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0The pronoun is fine. 0-

  • 0The pronoun is fine.
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0The pronoun is fine. The meanings of other parts vary -02br
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00Inspired her to write...this sounds as though the trips created the urge to write02br
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00served as inspiration for ...this sounds as though the trips suggested information/settings for her writing.02br
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00'to write several mystery novels' - this sounds as though

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