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Ppan Posted 22 years ago
Grammar
"keep from" vs. "avoid"
Hi,
I need your help on another sentence correction quesiton.
Archaeologists in Ireland believe that a recently discovered chalice, which dates from the eighth century, was probably buried being stolen by invaders.
A) to keep from
B) to keep it from
C) to avoid
D) in order that it would avoid
E) in order to keep from
thanks,
/P
I need your help on another sentence correction quesiton.
Archaeologists in Ireland believe that a recently discovered chalice, which dates from the eighth century, was probably buried being stolen by invaders.
A) to keep from
B) to keep it from
C) to avoid
D) in order that it would avoid
E) in order to keep from
thanks,
/P
Top answer
The correct answer is ( B ) 'to keep it from'. The object pronoun is required. 'To avoid its theft' would also be acceptable, but it is not among the options.
- The correct answer is ( B ) 'to keep it from'.
- The object pronoun is required.
- 'To avoid its theft' would also be acceptable, but it is not among the options.
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The correct answer is ( B ) 'to keep it from'. The object pronoun is required. 'To avoid its theft' would also be acceptable, but it is not among the options.
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thanks.
I thought the object, 'it'(or 'chalice'), could be omitted here because the subject is the same. Maybe I'm confused by this type of sentence:
"This problem is too difficult for me to solve by myself."
Here, I believe we don't say "solve it'. Could you or someone else please elaborate the difference in grammars between the two sentences or simply correct m
I thought the object, 'it'(or 'chalice'), could be omitted here because the subject is the same. Maybe I'm confused by this type of sentence:
"This problem is too difficult for me to solve by myself."
Here, I believe we don't say "solve it'. Could you or someone else please elaborate the difference in grammars between the two sentences or simply correct m
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'Keep from X' and 'keep Y from X' are different phrases.
The former is an intransitive verbal and what is to be away from X is the subject.
The latter is a transitive verbal and what is to be away from X is the object (=Y).
When we change your sentence into the active voice, it would be either;
(1) They buried a chalice to keep from being stolen.
The former is an intransitive verbal and what is to be away from X is the subject.
The latter is a transitive verbal and what is to be away from X is the object (=Y).
When we change your sentence into the active voice, it would be either;
(1) They buried a chalice to keep from being stolen.
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