Instilled
Is this sentence correct:
"His mother instilled in him that he should focus not so much on his limitations, but more on his potentialities."
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Christine Christie instilled in him that This sequence doesn't work grammatically. You have to add something like 'the idea', 'the thought', 'the principle', or 'the advice'. This is just a matter of the usage of the verb 'instill'.
- Christine Christie instilled in him that This sequence doesn't work grammatically.
- You have to add something like 'the idea', 'the thought', 'the principle', or 'the advice'.
- This is just a matter of the usage of the verb 'instill'.
- instilled in him the idea that he should not ...
- Otherwise OK.
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Christine Christieinstilled in him that
This sequence doesn't work grammatically. You have to add something like 'the idea', 'the thought', 'the principle', or 'the advice'. This is just a matter of the usage of the verb 'instill'.
... instilled in him the idea that he should not ...
Otherwise OK.
CJ
0Christine Christiepotentialities
This is not familiar to all English speakers. In the UK this would just be potential.
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