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0 01i00To the end that if any bread be faulty in weight, it may be known in whom the fault is.02br
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02i00Please mark out what mistakes are their in this sentence.02br
00To me first there is a prepositional phrase starting the sentence02br
00I don't understand why "be" (subjunctive mood) is used here. No suggestion, intention, advice etc is given in this sentence. May be it's because of "if".02br
00I think "could be" is better than "may be".02br
00"in whome the fault is". I don't know what does that mean. I think the second cluse should read like "it may be known whose fault is it."02br
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00So my versin of the sentence is "... to the end that if any bread is less in weight, it could be known whose fault is it." I know this is not the best one but this is my best shot.02br
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02br 00I don't understand why "be" (subjunctive mood) is used here. No suggestion, intention, advice etc is given in this sentence. 00 Yes.

— Clive

  • 02br 00I don't understand why "be" (subjunctive mood) is used here.
  • No suggestion, intention, advice etc is given in this sentence.
  • 00 Yes.
  • 02br 00"in whome the fault is".
  • I don't know what does that mean.
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0Hi,02br
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01font01i00To the end that if any bread be faulty in weight, it may be known in whom the fault is.02br
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02i00Please mark out what mistakes are their in this sentence.02br
00To me first there is a prepositional phrase starting the sentence00 That's OK, and not uncommon.02br

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01cite10Clive12cite10Your version is OK, but there is nothing wrong with the original, except that it sounds like old, archaic English.12br
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10Best wishes, Clive12br
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10Actualy it's a reference; I think it is taken from some old author.02br
00Thanks
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00(Past Simple, Past Perfect or Past Perfect Continuous):02br
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00The moment his teacher 01b00was telling him02b00 not to, he 01b00did02b00 that again. She 01b00hadn t know02b00 what to do with him before, and she certainly 01b00didi
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00The moment his teacher told him not to, he did that again. She didn't know what to do with him before, and she certainly didn't know what to do with him now. She thought to herself, and dec
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0Harsh desert conditions for the ancient Arabian can be credited to the uncompromising stamina of today's purebred Arabian.0-
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