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Contiluo Posted 16 years ago
Essay & Composition Writing

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Dear teacher,

Is the followiong sentence acceptable?

It turned out that a resident had forgotten to turn off his stove when he left home, so that it caused the dreadful fire accident.
  

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It is acceptable. I would write; It turned out that a resident had forgotton to turn off his stove prior to leaving his home, causing the dreadful fire incident.

  • It is acceptable.
  • I would write; It turned out that a resident had forgotton to turn off his stove prior to leaving his home, causing the dreadful fire incident.
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It is acceptable.

I would write;

It turned out that a resident had forgotton to turn off his stove prior to leaving his home, causing the dreadful fire incident.

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