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Maxspud Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Sentence correction
I came across this sentence in an exercise:
Correct the sentence:
"The students viewed the changes in the history course with hostility, having feared that it will undermine the secular character of education prevalent in the southern midlands."
The solution given is:
instead of 'having feared that it will undermine', the correct sentence would be 'fearing that it will undermine'.
Someone please care to explain why the erstwhile was not correct.
Correct the sentence:
"The students viewed the changes in the history course with hostility, having feared that it will undermine the secular character of education prevalent in the southern midlands."
The solution given is:
instead of 'having feared that it will undermine', the correct sentence would be 'fearing that it will undermine'.
Someone please care to explain why the erstwhile was not correct.
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What do you mean by 'erstwhile'?
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That is an incorrect use of the word, then. 'Erstwhile' refers to an earlier time, not a place.
As for the exercise sentence, I find both wrong. It should read:
The students viewed the changes in the history course with hostility, fearing that they would undermine the secular character of education prevalent in the Southern Midlands.
As for the exercise sentence, I find both wrong. It should read:
The students viewed the changes in the history course with hostility, fearing that they would undermine the secular character of education prevalent in the Southern Midlands.
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Oh. I am really bad at English. 
Thanks for correcting the erstwhile usage as well as for the sentence correction. Your reasoning
Thanks for correcting the erstwhile usage as well as for the sentence correction. Your reasoning
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