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Lucas21c Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
The perpect tense
Few people enjoyed prosperity of economic development in China then, but most of the others had suffered by the very development causing/to cause serious inflation.
1. Is this sentence fine? If not, please correct it.
2. If the sentence is okay, which one is better between 'causing' and 'to cause'?
3. How about "Few people enjoyed prosperity of economic development in China then, but most of the others suffered by the very development causing/to cause serious inflation."? In this sentence, the past tense can not be used?
1. Is this sentence fine? If not, please correct it.
2. If the sentence is okay, which one is better between 'causing' and 'to cause'?
3. How about "Few people enjoyed prosperity of economic development in China then, but most of the others suffered by the very development causing/to cause serious inflation."? In this sentence, the past tense can not be used?
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Hi, Few people enjoyed prosperity of economic development in China then, but most of the others had suffered by the very development causing/to cause serious inflation. 1. Is this sentence fine?
- Hi, Few people enjoyed prosperity of economic development in China then, but most of the others had suffered by the very development causing/to cause serious inflation.
- 1.
- Is this sentence fine?
- If not, please correct it.
- 2.
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Hi,
Few people enjoyed prosperity of economic development in China then, but most of the others had suffered by the very development causing/to cause serious inflation.
1. Is this sentence fine? If not, please correct it.
2. If the sentence is okay, which one is better between 'causing' and 'to cause'?
Few people enjoyed prosperity of economic development in China then, but most of the others had suffered by the very development causing/to cause serious inflation.
1. Is this sentence fine? If not, please correct it.
2. If the sentence is okay, which one is better between 'causing' and 'to cause'?
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Thank you for our answer. By the way, if I say "most of the others suffered by the very development causing(or to cause) serious inflation, will it be wrong?
I hope to know -ing and to V-infinite more.
I hope to know -ing and to V-infinite more.
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Hi,
I hesitate to say itis completely wrong, but it sounds very awkward and unnatural.
Simpler examples would be
A. His leg broke by a car hitting it.
B. His leg broke leg because
I hesitate to say itis completely wrong, but it sounds very awkward and unnatural.
Simpler examples would be
A. His leg broke by a car hitting it.
B. His leg broke leg because
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