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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Spotting the mistake
Hi! I have some problems and it would be great if someone could clarify them for me.
Firstly, I'm having some trouble spotting the mistake in each of the sentences below:
a) This is the book of which I lost the cover.
b) They stopped to eat a sandwich.
c) You mustn’t have been that rude.
d) Of those two books I read, the more interesting is the one about the whales.
What is the difference in meaning between these two sentences:
a) It being a bank, it wasn’t easy to break in.
b) As it was a bank it wasn’t easy to break in.
What would be a suitable word or phrase for the blank space in the following sentence:
Boring ___ to do it, it’s a job that has to be done.
Also, I can't seem to be able to rephrase correctly the next sentence: 'Such a ridiculous proposal isn’t worth serious consideration.' so that it begins with 'There is...'
Thank you very much!
Firstly, I'm having some trouble spotting the mistake in each of the sentences below:
a) This is the book of which I lost the cover.
b) They stopped to eat a sandwich.
c) You mustn’t have been that rude.
d) Of those two books I read, the more interesting is the one about the whales.
What is the difference in meaning between these two sentences:
a) It being a bank, it wasn’t easy to break in.
b) As it was a bank it wasn’t easy to break in.
What would be a suitable word or phrase for the blank space in the following sentence:
Boring ___ to do it, it’s a job that has to be done.
Also, I can't seem to be able to rephrase correctly the next sentence: 'Such a ridiculous proposal isn’t worth serious consideration.' so that it begins with 'There is...'
Thank you very much!
Top answer
The second sentence of the two that have a different meaning actually is: b) There being a bank, it wasn’t easy to break in.
- The second sentence of the two that have a different meaning actually is: b) There being a bank, it wasn’t easy to break in.
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The second sentence of the two that have a different meaning actually is:
b) There being a bank, it wasn’t easy to break in.
b) There being a bank, it wasn’t easy to break in.
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a) This is the book whose cover I lost.
b) They stopped to eat a sandwich. A natural sentence.
c) You mustn’t have been that rude. OK in American English. Not idiomatic in British English.
d) Of those two books I read, the more interesting one is the one about the whales.
b) They stopped to eat a sandwich. A natural sentence.
c) You mustn’t have been that rude. OK in American English. Not idiomatic in British English.
d) Of those two books I read, the more interesting one is the one about the whales.
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