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C2ran Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Please, give me a tip for writing...
Hi, teachers
Because I can't figure this out on my own, I am here to ask you for a tip, please~!
I was practicing English writing, converting a given sentence written in my own language into English. And there was a standard example so as for me to compare my sentence with it.
My sentence was "Though we did our best, nothing was accomplished."
And the sample answer was "We did our best, accomplishing nothing."
I think I am not familiar with making a sentence using the structure as used in the second one.
Of course, I know it is lots of practice that I need... but any tips or suggestions would be highly appreciated. What does native intuition tell you the difference between the two and what is preferred?
Thank you.
Because I can't figure this out on my own, I am here to ask you for a tip, please~!
I was practicing English writing, converting a given sentence written in my own language into English. And there was a standard example so as for me to compare my sentence with it.
My sentence was "Though we did our best, nothing was accomplished."
And the sample answer was "We did our best, accomplishing nothing."
I think I am not familiar with making a sentence using the structure as used in the second one.
Of course, I know it is lots of practice that I need... but any tips or suggestions would be highly appreciated. What does native intuition tell you the difference between the two and what is preferred?
Thank you.
Top answer
Hi C2ran Both sentences have the same meaning, but are different constructions. Though we did our best, nothing was accomplished. This sentence has two clauses.
- Hi C2ran Both sentences have the same meaning, but are different constructions.
- Though we did our best, nothing was accomplished.
- This sentence has two clauses.
- A clause has a subject and verb.
- The main clause, which expresses a complete thought, is: Nothing was accomplished.
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Hi C2ran
Both sentences have the same meaning, but are different constructions.
Though we did our best, nothing was accomplished.
This sentence has two clauses.
A clause has a subject and verb.
The main clause, which expresses a complete thought, is:
Nothing was accomplished.
The other clause is not a complete thought and cannot stan
Both sentences have the same meaning, but are different constructions.
Though we did our best, nothing was accomplished.
This sentence has two clauses.
A clause has a subject and verb.
The main clause, which expresses a complete thought, is:
Nothing was accomplished.
The other clause is not a complete thought and cannot stan
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Thank you for answering my question. I think I need to review the details that is mentioned above again. Thanks!
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