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Aquajames Posted 9 years ago
Grammar
Is any of the following sentences incorrect?
1) I saw a car drive past a stop sign without slowing down.
2) I saw that a car drove past a stop sign without slowing down.
3) I saw a car drove past a stop sign without slowing down.
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aquajames Is any of the following sentences incorrect? Yes. 3) is incorrect.
- aquajames Is any of the following sentences incorrect?
- Yes.
- 3) is incorrect.
- , like 1).
- 3) seems like it's no more than 2) with 'that' omitted, which is technically correct, but there's too much interference with the structure in 1), so it sounds wrong.
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aquajames Is any of the following sentences incorrect?
Yes. 3) is incorrect. It should be "I saw a car drive past ...", i.e., like 1).
3) seems like it's no more than 2) with 'that' omitted, which is technically correct, but there's too much interference with the structure in 1), so it sounds wrong.
Even 2) is of limited usefulness. To my ea
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