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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
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Is this sentence correct?

I am not allowed to be engaged in any activities outside the school.

I am not allowed to be engaged in any activities outside of the school.
  

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Anonymous Is this sentence correct? Both are OK, but both could be improved: I am not allowed to engage in any activities outside (of) school.

— Mister Micawber

  • Anonymous Is this sentence correct?
  • Both are OK, but both could be improved: I am not allowed to engage in any activities outside (of) school.
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AnonymousIs this sentence correct?
Both are OK, but both could be improved:

I am not allowed to engage in any activities outside (of) school.
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Thanks.

Does the use of 'the' just increase the words, and it is best to always reduce the number of words as much as possible?

And is 'to engage' also better than 'to be engaged' for the same reason, to shorten the sentence?
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Does the use of 'the' just increase the words, and it is best to always reduce the number of words as much as possible?
No. We don't need the here because it would indicated outside the school building, when what you want is outside school hours.
And is 'to engage' also bette
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Teacher, I tend to overuse the word 'the', as in the previous example I wrote. Do you have any advice on when not to use 'the' even when it sounds write in constructing a sentence?
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