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Seagull Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
participate in the competition
Hello there. I have a question.
I wrote a couple of sentences to describe an idea. Could you please evaluate each of the sentences depending on whether it is natural or not?
(A) I could not participate in the competition because I was ill.
(B) Illness prevented me from participating the competition.
(C) Illness made me be absent from the competition.
I wrote a couple of sentences to describe an idea. Could you please evaluate each of the sentences depending on whether it is natural or not?
(A) I could not participate in the competition because I was ill.
(B) Illness prevented me from participating the competition.
(C) Illness made me be absent from the competition.
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These are OK: (A) I could not participate in the competition because I was ill. (B) Illness prevented me from participating in the competition.
- These are OK: (A) I could not participate in the competition because I was ill.
- (B) Illness prevented me from participating in the competition.
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These are OK:
(A) I could not participate in the competition because I was ill.
(B) Illness prevented me from participating in the competition.
(A) I could not participate in the competition because I was ill.
(B) Illness prevented me from participating in the competition.
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I understand.
Thank you so much, Mister Micawber, for your answer and correction.
Thank you so much, Mister Micawber, for your answer and correction.
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I could not participate in the competition because I was ill.
I'd put a comma after 'competition'. Without it, it's possible (if unlikely) to read it as 'it was not illness that caused me not to participate.
I'd put a comma after 'competition'. Without it, it's possible (if unlikely) to read it as 'it was not illness that caused me not to participate.
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Thank you very much indeed, Fivejedjon.
Thanks to your comment, I've learned an important thing about how to use a comma.
Thanks to your comment, I've learned an important thing about how to use a comma.
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