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Anonymous Posted 7 years ago
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She watched yet another person walk up to the food table and then completely ignore her still untouched tray of canapes.

  

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anonymous She watched yet another person walk up to the food table and then completely ignore her still untouched tray of canapes. Remove "then". It's more idiomatic like that.

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  • anonymous She watched yet another person walk up to the food table and then completely ignore her still untouched tray of canapes.
  • Remove "then".
  • It's more idiomatic like that.
  • Otherwise, fine.
  • It strikes me that you could also use an infinitive of result in that sentence: She watched yet another person walk up to the food table only to completely ignore her still untouched tray of canapes.
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anonymous

She watched yet another person walk up to the food table and then completely ignore her still untouched tray of canapes.

Remove "then". It's more idiomatic like that.

Otherwise, fine.

It strikes me that you could also use an infinitive of result in that sentence:

She watched yet another person walk up to the

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