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Yogi2005 Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Sentences - prepositions

0 hello everybody, 02br
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00Please , could you tell me if the prepositions and verbs following them are used correctly? 02br
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001. Dostoyevski sentenced to be shot , but a last minute reprieve saved him from meeting such an ignominious end. 02br
002. How keen the 17th century Spanish gentleman was to protect his good name? 02br
003. She was not enthusiastic about marring a man so much older than herself, though her parents tried to coerce her into doing so. 02br
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00thank you 0-
  

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0 Hello Yogi 02br 02br 00I'm a mere learner. But as I find your question remains unanswered, please allow me to answer it. I think your sentences are good except #1 where you made a mistake.

  • 0 Hello Yogi 02br 02br 00I'm a mere learner.
  • But as I find your question remains unanswered, please allow me to answer it.
  • I think your sentences are good except #1 where you made a mistake.
  • 02br 02br 00Dostoyevski 01u 00was sentenced02u 00 to be shot, but a last minute reprieve 01u 00saved him from such an ignominious end02u 00.
  • 02br 00 *) 'Sentence' is always a transitive verb.
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0 Hello Yogi 02br
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00I'm a mere learner. But as I find your question remains unanswered, please allow me to answer it. I think your sentences are good except #1 where you made a mistake. 02br
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00Dostoyevski 01u00was sentenced02u00 to be shot, but a last minute reprieve 01u00saved him from such an ignominious end0
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0 Hi Paco, 02br
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00Thanks for your comment. I also think that it should be "was sentenced" , the problem is that what I've got in my book is: 02br
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00Dostoyevski sentenced (be) shot , but a last minute reprieve saved him (meet) such an ignominious end. 02br
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00and, what I'm suppose to do is put the verbs in brackets into th

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