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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

One Sentence I Compose

Johm jumped over the fence, only to fail to do it.

The sentence I composed. Does that make sense?

(do = jump over / it = the fence)

  

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No, it doesn't make sense. "John jumped over the fence" means that he did do it. It is contradictory to then say that he failed.

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  • No, it doesn't make sense.
  • "John jumped over the fence" means that he did do it.
  • It is contradictory to then say that he failed.
  • You could say that he tried to jump over the fence but failed.
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No, it doesn't make sense.

"John jumped over the fence" means that he did do it. It is contradictory to then say that he failed.

You could say that he tried to jump over the fence but failed.

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