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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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01b00 00Students were noticed to obtain high scores after following the recommended learning pattern.02b02br
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00I said I would definitely change this to:02br
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00I00t was noticed/noted that students obtained high scores after following the recomemnded learning pattern.02br
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00However, I could not justify the same. Can you give a justification?0-
  

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0 This is a very interesting case, Anon! Unfortunately there is no justification other than the idiomatic usage of 01i 00notice02i 00. English is replete with inconsistencies.

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  • 0 This is a very interesting case, Anon!
  • Unfortunately there is no justification other than the idiomatic usage of 01i 00notice02i 00.
  • English is replete with inconsistencies.
  • There is nothing structurally ungrammatical in the sentence in bold: 01u 00noun02u 00 + were + 01font 00past participle02font 00 + 01font 00infinitive02font 00 + 01font 00object02font 00.
  • 02i 02br 02br 00CB 0-
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0 This is a very interesting case, Anon! Unfortunately there is no justification other than the idiomatic usage of 01i00notice02i00. English is replete with inconsistencies. There is nothing structurally ungrammatical in the sentence in bold: 01u00noun02u00 + were + 01font00past participle02font00 + 01
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