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Quỳnh Huỳnh Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Participle clause
Could you please help me explain this? She was born in Hollywood so she knows all the famous movie stars ---> Why not "having been born in Hollywood, she knows all the famous movie stars" but "born in Hollywood, she knows all the famous movie stars"? Thank you!
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Your sentence is correct, so is the original.. They have the same meaning.
- Your sentence is correct, so is the original..
- They have the same meaning.
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Your sentence is correct, so is the original.. They have the same meaning.
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Note also that
She was born in Hollywood so she knows all the famous movie stars.
is much more common in casual English, particularly in spoken form
Clive
She was born in Hollywood so she knows all the famous movie stars.
is much more common in casual English, particularly in spoken form
Clive
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