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Henry74 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Past participle
Hello everyone,
This is a passage from To kill a mockingbird:
- [Aunt Alexandra] never let a chance escape her to point out the shortcomings of other tribal groups to the greater glory of our own, a habit that amused Jem rather than annoyed him.
Could you please tell me if that is standard English? Can you replace annoyed with either annoy or annoying?
Thank you
H.
This is a passage from To kill a mockingbird:
- [Aunt Alexandra] never let a chance escape her to point out the shortcomings of other tribal groups to the greater glory of our own, a habit that amused Jem rather than annoyed him.
Could you please tell me if that is standard English? Can you replace annoyed with either annoy or annoying?
Thank you
H.
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Henry74 Could you please tell me if that is standard English? It is. It’s just elliptical: … a habit that amused Jem rather than [a habit that] annoyed him.
- Henry74 Could you please tell me if that is standard English?
- It is.
- It’s just elliptical: … a habit that amused Jem rather than [a habit that] annoyed him.
- Henry74 Can you replace annoyed with either annoy or annoying?
- No, those wouldn’t work.
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Henry74Could you please tell me if that is standard English?It is. It’s just elliptical: … a habit that amused Jem rather than [a habit that] annoyed him.
Henry74Can you replace annoyed with either annoy or annoying?No, those wouldn’t work.
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