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Wangqh2696122 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Is the sentence correct?

It is likely for her to finish the maths problem in such a short time, because she is so clever.
  

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likely doesn't take a for ... to ... clause.

  • likely doesn't take a for ...
  • to ...
  • clause.
  • There's no reason for such in this sentence.
  • It is likely that she will finish the maths problem in a short time because she is so clever.
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likely doesn't take a for ... to ... clause.
There's no reason for such in this sentence.

It is likely that she will finish the maths problem in a short time because she is so clever.

CJ

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