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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Telling of

This afternoon, I was relieved when I received a letter telling -me- of their decision to not come with us.

I accidentally missed out the me in this sentence, but I think it sounds kind of natural, in an old fashioned way, when it is not included.

or is it just totally wrong and im thinking rubbish?
  

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I've edited your post, Anon, because putting me in parentheses turns it into an emoticon.

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  • I've edited your post, Anon, because putting me in parentheses turns it into an emoticon.
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I've edited your post, Anon, because putting me in parentheses turns it into an emoticon.
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Your sentence works for me.
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If your question is whether you can say "This afternoon, I was relieved when I received a letter telling of their decision to not come with us", I would have to say that it sounds unnatural/awkward. This example should have an object pronoun after "telling" - in this case, "me".
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AnonymousI accidentally missed out the me in this sentence, but I think it sounds kind of natural, in an old fashioned way, when it is not included.
It sounds OK to me.
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