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Angliholic Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

stole or steal

0Two thieves were seen to enter the house and 01b00stole/steal/to steal 02b00away some valuables.02br
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00Which sounds best here? Thanks.0-
  

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0 01i 00And 02i 00suggests parallelism, thus use01i 00 (were seeen to) steal02i 00. 0-

  • 0 01i 00And 02i 00suggests parallelism, thus use01i 00 (were seeen to) steal02i 00.
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0 01i00And 02i00suggests parallelism, thus use01i00 (were seeen to) steal02i00. 0-
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0Thanks, Marius.02br
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00If there is no parallelism, which would you choose?0-
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1i00Two thieves were seen entering the house and stealing some valuables02i0-
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0Thanks, doodles, for your extra answer.02br
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00But I need your help with my base question. Which sounds most natural to you?0-

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