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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
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Provoke/provokes
"Sometimes they go even as far as briging sale coupons to your postboxes which provokes people to buy more and more burgers, pizzas, sodas and so on."
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"Sometimes they go even as far as briging sale coupons to your postboxes which provoke people to buy more and more burgers, pizzas, sodas and so on."
My English teacher marked "provokes" as incorrect but I can't see why it would be wrong in this case.
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"Sometimes they go even as far as briging sale coupons to your postboxes which provoke people to buy more and more burgers, pizzas, sodas and so on."
My English teacher marked "provokes" as incorrect but I can't see why it would be wrong in this case.
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If someone is provoked by mountains of junk mail, they are more likely to boycott the products, not buy more of them.
- If someone is provoked by mountains of junk mail, they are more likely to boycott the products, not buy more of them.
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If someone is provoked by mountains of junk mail, they are more likely to boycott the products, not buy more of them.
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Excuse me, that had nothing to do with the question...
provoke vs. provokes?
provoke vs. provokes?
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Sorry, I was considering the logic of the word "provoke" in that sentence. It is not a good word for the context.
The subject is 3rd person singular. The antecedent is "bringing....".
"Sometimes they go even as far as bringing sale coupons to your postboxes which encourages people to buy more and more burgers, pizzas, sodas and so on."
Bringing sale coupons to your po
The subject is 3rd person singular. The antecedent is "bringing....".
"Sometimes they go even as far as bringing sale coupons to your postboxes which encourages people to buy more and more burgers, pizzas, sodas and so on."
Bringing sale coupons to your po
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