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Hotmale Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Participle clauses
Hello,
can you please have a look at a part of my homework and say if is is correct? It's on participles and I am supposed to complete the pairs of sentences using the same verb, once as a present participle and once as a past participle.
1) ________ he had six months to live, he shocked everyone by
living another twenty years.
2) _______ his staff he was visiting a client, Jones disappeared
with all the company's money.
My answers:
1) Having been told
2) Telling
Thank you!
can you please have a look at a part of my homework and say if is is correct? It's on participles and I am supposed to complete the pairs of sentences using the same verb, once as a present participle and once as a past participle.
1) ________ he had six months to live, he shocked everyone by
living another twenty years.
2) _______ his staff he was visiting a client, Jones disappeared
with all the company's money.
My answers:
1) Having been told
2) Telling
Thank you!
Top answer
I think your answers are correct. I think if only is added to the first one, will sound better. 1) ______ he had only six months to live, he shocked everyone by living another twenty years.
- I think your answers are correct.
- I think if only is added to the first one, will sound better.
- 1) ______ he had only six months to live, he shocked everyone by living another twenty years.
- Though the sentence is grammatical with Having been told somehow I am unable to see a meaningful relation between the participle clause and the main clause.
- I think this is the meaning the writer wants to convey: Though he was told he had only for six months, he shocked everyone by living another twenty years.
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I think your answers are correct.
I think if only is added to the first one, will sound better.
1) ______ he had only six months to live, he shocked everyone by living another twenty years.
Though the sentence is grammatical with Having been told somehow I am unable to see a meaningful relation between the participle clause and the ma
I think if only is added to the first one, will sound better.
1) ______ he had only six months to live, he shocked everyone by living another twenty years.
Though the sentence is grammatical with Having been told somehow I am unable to see a meaningful relation between the participle clause and the ma
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vsureshI think this is the meaning the writer wants to convey:Though he was told he had only for six months, he shocked everyone by living another twenty years.Hello, vsuresh,
Don't you think that that sentence has a grammatical mistake? Did you actually want to say/write "Though he was told he had only six months to live, he shocked every
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For me the sentence is all right.
You have only six months to live.
He was told he had only six months to live.
You will live only for six months.
He was told he would live only for six moths.
You have only six months to live.
He was told he had only six months to live.
You will live only for six months.
He was told he would live only for six moths.
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TomJDon't you think that that sentence has a grammatical mistake? Did you actually want to say/write "Though he was told he had only six months to live, he shocked everyone..." or "Though he was told he would live only for six months, he shocked everyone..." there?Yes, you are right; I missed it.
Thank you,TomJ
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