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Awence Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

Sentence Verification

0Please verify the correctness of the sentences below for me. thanks.02br
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001. Only by throwing most of the cargo into the sea 01font00will02font00 we able to precent the sampan from capsizing during the storm. 02br
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002. Only by throwing most of the cargo into the sea 01font00are02font00 we able to precent the sampan from capsizing during the storm.02br
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00Initially, my coleague and I agreed that will is the answer. But i revised it and found that there should have a "be" as able is an adjective. So i decided 02br
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00that are is the correct answer. Am i right? 0-
  

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0prevent02br 00are we going to be able to prevent02br 00<> 0-

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0Sorry, i made typos. The sentences are supposed to be like below. They are set by my division head. Suppose, the students are required to put in one word as the answer. SO i m wondering how to solve this. . thanks again.02br
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001.Only by throwing most of the cargo into the sea 01font00will02font00 we able to prevent the sampan
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1font00Hi,02font02br
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001. Only by throwing most of the cargo into the sea 01font00will02font00 we able to prevent the sampan from capsizing during the storm. 02br
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0 I would say "Only by [doing this action] will we be able to [accomplish this action]" 01u00if the second action has not yet been completed02u00. 0-
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0Thanks alot guys.0-
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