Set about repairing
Consider the following sentence:
"One man set about repairing the stove, and with the old man's permission, they opened some sardines cans."
Does 'set about repairing' mean 'occupied himself in repairing (the stove)'?
Top answer
"One man set about repairing the stove, and with the old man's permission they opened some cans of sardines. set about repairing the stove >>>>>>>>> started repairing sardine cans >>>> cans of sardines set about repairing the stove >>>>>>>>> started repairing no comma after permission
- "One man set about repairing the stove, and with the old man's permission they opened some cans of sardines.
- set about repairing the stove >>>>>>>>> started repairing sardine cans >>>> cans of sardines set about repairing the stove >>>>>>>>> started repairing no comma after permission
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"One man set about repairing the stove, and with the old man's permission they opened some cans of sardines.
set about repairing the stove >>>>>>>>> started repairing
sardine cans >>>> cans of sardines
set about repairing the stove >>>>>>>>> started repairing
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