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Contiluo Posted 15 years ago
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Are the following sentences compatible?

(1) With all her might, Amy scuffled with the ruffian.

(2) She tried to calm down herself and bravely confronted danger.

(3) She made use of martial art to protect herself and stroke him.
  

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-- 'Scuffling' is not a high-energy, high-impact confrontation, so it does not work with 'all one's might'. -- 'Calm down' is a separable phrasal verb, so the pronoun cannot be extraposed. 'Danger' seems countable and previously mentioned here.

— Mister Micawber

  • -- 'Scuffling' is not a high-energy, high-impact confrontation, so it does not work with 'all one's might'.
  • -- 'Calm down' is a separable phrasal verb, so the pronoun cannot be extraposed.
  • 'Danger' seems countable and previously mentioned here.
  • -- 'Martial art' is a generalization which is inappropriate; please choose one.
  • 'Stroke' is a pleasurable handling of pets and small children .
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(1) With all her might, Amy scuffled with the ruffian.-- 'Scuffling' is not a high-energy, high-impact confrontation, so it does not work with 'all one's might'.

(2) She tried to calm down herself and bravely confronted danger.--'Calm down' is a separable phrasal verb, so the pronoun cannot be extraposed. 'Danger' seems countable and previously mentioned here.
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(1) With all her might, Amy combat tith the ruffian.
(2) She tried to calm down and bravely confronted the danger.

(3) she madi use of judo to protect herself and resist him.
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Now if you fix all your typing mistakes, they will be OK. 'Combat' is in the wrong form.
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(1) With all her might, Amy combatted with the ruffian.
(2) She tried to calm down and bravely confronted the danger.

(3) She made use of judo to protect herself and resist him.

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OK.

Oh, delete the 2nd 'with'.
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(1) With all her might, Amy combatted the ruffian.
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