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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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Hi, can someone please check the following sentences:
1. Two friends wanting to be better men have to go through lots of obstacles and troubles only to come to Ustaz Azhar Idrus’s talks.
2. Remy is a poor introverted paramedic who has no luck with ladies and is always getting bullied by his co-workers. One day, Remy saves the life of a gang leader named Megat. To repay him, Megat offers Remy a position in his gang. He refuses at first, but eventually gives in. Remy, once a loser, now rises as a gangster.
1. Two friends wanting to be better men have to go through lots of obstacles and troubles only to come to Ustaz Azhar Idrus’s talks.
2. Remy is a poor introverted paramedic who has no luck with ladies and is always getting bullied by his co-workers. One day, Remy saves the life of a gang leader named Megat. To repay him, Megat offers Remy a position in his gang. He refuses at first, but eventually gives in. Remy, once a loser, now rises as a gangster.
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1. g. "I walked three miles to the shop only to find that it was closed").
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- "I walked three miles to the shop only to find that it was closed").
- This doesn't seem to fit with the rest of the sentence.
- I wonder whether "just" might express what you intend better than "only".
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1. The phrasing "only to X" usually implies that something didn't happen as expected or as desired, but that the outcome was X instead (e.g. "I walked three miles to the shop only to find that it was closed"). This doesn't seem to fit with the rest of the sentence. I wonder whether "just" might express what you intend better than "only". However, with no other information, there might still be a q
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