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Silak12 Posted 7 years ago
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Sentence help?

Hi, everyone.

Although the comparison sounds silly, could someone help me write this sentence correctly?

Just as a train goes to a station with out its will so too do the parrots in this case, being taken to the river with out their will.

Thanks!

  

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"with out" presumably should be "without", but "without its/their will" still doesn't work. I am not very clear what you are trying to say. Do you mean " against their will"?

  • "with out" presumably should be "without", but "without its/their will" still doesn't work.
  • I am not very clear what you are trying to say.
  • Do you mean " against their will"?
  • That is, the parrots did not want to go to the river, but were taken forcibly?
  • The problem with applying this to a train is that a train is inanimate and does not have a will.
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"with out" presumably should be "without", but "without its/their will" still doesn't work. I am not very clear what you are trying to say. Do you mean "against their will"? That is, the parrots did not want to go to the river, but were taken forcibly? The problem with applying this to a train is that a train is inanimate and does not have a will. (Even with parrots it may sound faintly

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