0
Maverick88 Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Recoil

Please edit it:
'When computers were first brought in to Israeli schools part of the teachers were just recoiled because of it and another part were afraid either of the advanced technology or of the fact that computers might replace them'

because of it] seems awkward. Could it be replaced by a preposition? at?
  

Top answer

part of the teachers just recoiled from it because they were afraid....

— Nona the brit

  • part of the teachers just recoiled from it because they were afraid....
Free · every Monday

Get the Weekly English Kit 📬

New words, one handy idiom, and a 2-minute quiz — delivered to your inbox to keep your streak alive.

9 Answers
0
part of the teachers just recoiled from it because they were afraid....
0
0
How about this: "When computers were first brought in to Israeli schools some teachers just recoiled, and others were afraid either of the advanced technology or of the possibility that computers might replace them."

I think you can leave out "because of it." I prefer "some teachers" and "others" to "part of the teachers" and "another part." And being replaced by the computers is,
0
0
With maybe a comma between schools and some?
0
0
Hey thank you, all.
'of the possibility that computers might replace them'
Isn't the idea of possibility already contained inside 'might'?
0
0
Yes, it is. But you need a noun after "of", otherwise you'll have to change all the structure of your sentence...
0
0
Hey Anne
Why change all the sentence?
'either of the advanced technology or that computers might replace them'
Isn't that correct?
0
0
Yes, of course...
How silly of me! Sorry, Mav!
0
0
No no, it's just me who always tries to compicate our lives...Emotion: smile
0
0
It's just me ?

Just joking, Mav!
0

Related Questions