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Hela Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

sentence correctness

Dear teachers,

Would you please tell me if the following sentences are written in correct English?

1) Both books you lent me I found interesting.

2) Neither You nor your boyfriend wants to see the relationship d…
(= deteriorate ?)

Best regards,
Hela
  

Top answer

1) I found both the books you lent me interesting. 2) Ok. deteriorate makes sense.

— Nona the brit

  • 1) I found both the books you lent me interesting.
  • 2) Ok.
  • deteriorate makes sense.
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1) I found both the books you lent me interesting.

2) Ok. deteriorate makes sense.
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No need to capitalize "you", though. Emotion: smile
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Hela1) Both books you lent me I found interesting.

As a supplement: this would be correct as a topicalized sentence.

MrP
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Goodmorning everyone,

- The capital letter was just a mistake.

- I deduce that the sentence starting with "Both books..." is correct in English, right MrP? Because I found it rather odd, but of course I'm not a native!

- Are there other words that can be written istead of "deteriorate"?

Many thanks,

Hela
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Hello Hela

Yes, it's both correct and odd! It's the "topicalized" version of Nona's sentence (which is the natural version).

"Deteriorate" seems to fit the register of the sentence. "Go downhill" might be used in this context, informally.

I expect other members will have other suggestions, though!

MrP
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Thank you very much nona the brit and Mrp! Emotion: smile
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