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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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Is this sentence worded correctly?

"The children suffered at the hands of their illness." I have been told that this is correct and I just wanted to make sure. Thank you!
  

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" I have been told that this is correct and I just wanted to make sure. It seems the long way around; not such good style and the idiom is iffy there. The children suffered from their illness.

— Mister Micawber

  • " I have been told that this is correct and I just wanted to make sure.
  • It seems the long way around; not such good style and the idiom is iffy there.
  • The children suffered from their illness.
  • — That is quite enough.
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Anonymous"The children suffered at the hands of their illness." I have been told that this is correct and I just wanted to make sure.
It seems the long way around; not such good style and the idiom is iffy there.

The children suffered from their illness.— That is quite enough.
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