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Reegis Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

The judges were pleased with all of the entries to the competition.

Hello.

The judges were pleased with all of the entries to the competition.

Is this sentence grammatically correct?
Also I am not sure if 'entries' mean here participants or applications that have been sent - how would you interpret this?
  

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Reegis Is this sentence grammatically correct? Yes, it is. Reegis Also I am not sure if 'entries' mean here participants or applications that have been sent - how would you interpret this?

— Teechr

  • Reegis Is this sentence grammatically correct?
  • Yes, it is.
  • Reegis Also I am not sure if 'entries' mean here participants or applications that have been sent - how would you interpret this?
  • I would take it to mean applications .
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ReegisIs this sentence grammatically correct?
Yes, it is.
ReegisAlso I am not sure if 'entries' mean here participants or applications that have been sent - how would you interpret this?
I would take it to mean applications.
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teechrYes, it is.
I see, thanks Emotion: smile
teechrI would take it to mean applicat
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ReegisDo you think that it would make a difference if we replaced 'to' with 'for'?
No, it wouldn't make a difference.
ReegisBtw. By the way, can we say 'all the entries' instead of 'all of the entries'?
Yes.
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