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Navitasan Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
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Are these sentences correct:
1) The road being blocked, we had to take a detour.
2) Them shooting at me, I had to stay behind the wall.
3) My friend killed, I had to do everything on my own.
4) With my friend killed, I had to do everything on my own.
(3) sounds wrong to me.
Gratefully,
Navi.
1) The road being blocked, we had to take a detour.
2) Them shooting at me, I had to stay behind the wall.
3) My friend killed, I had to do everything on my own.
4) With my friend killed, I had to do everything on my own.
(3) sounds wrong to me.
Gratefully,
Navi.
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(2) sounds wrong to me. The others I find acceptable, though (3) feels about at the limit of what is possible with this pattern.
- (2) sounds wrong to me.
- The others I find acceptable, though (3) feels about at the limit of what is possible with this pattern.
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(2) sounds wrong to me.
The others I find acceptable, though (3) feels about at the limit of what is possible with this pattern.
The others I find acceptable, though (3) feels about at the limit of what is possible with this pattern.
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GPY(3) feels about at the limit of what is possible with this pattern.It's a little beyond my personal limit.
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