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English 1b3 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
The verb to raise (money)
I managed a fundraising project, raising over $10,000 for charity.
We all know ms word makes mistakes, but in this case I'm not sure. ms word underlines - in green - the word 'raising.'
Is there a mistake with this sentence, with respect to the word 'raising'?
At first, I considered that I used the wrong verb - rose vs raise - but quickly disregarded this. Then I considered that possibly the word is redundant because of the word 'fundraiser', but equally as quickly disregarded this too.
When I changed the sentence to read as below, the green underlining disappeared:
I managed a fundraising project, and rose over $10,000 for charity.
We all know ms word makes mistakes, but in this case I'm not sure. ms word underlines - in green - the word 'raising.'
Is there a mistake with this sentence, with respect to the word 'raising'?
At first, I considered that I used the wrong verb - rose vs raise - but quickly disregarded this. Then I considered that possibly the word is redundant because of the word 'fundraiser', but equally as quickly disregarded this too.
When I changed the sentence to read as below, the green underlining disappeared:
I managed a fundraising project, and rose over $10,000 for charity.
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English 1b3 I managed a fundraising project, raising over $10,000 for charity. That is acceptable. English 1b3 I managed a fundraising project, and rose over $10,000 for charity.
- English 1b3 I managed a fundraising project, raising over $10,000 for charity.
- That is acceptable.
- English 1b3 I managed a fundraising project, and rose over $10,000 for charity.
- That is not.
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English 1b3I managed a fundraising project, raising over $10,000 for charity.That is acceptable.
English 1b3I managed a fundraising project, and rose over $10,000 for charity.That is not.
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English 1b3I considered that possibly the word is redundant because of the word 'fundraiser'This was my first thought, but who can know the Mind of Ms Word?
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Thanks to you both.
If either or both of you could tackle this question of mine, I would be tha
CalifJimYour change was a disaster, though. You need "raised", not "rose". OK?Haha, yes, I know it was. I guess I mentioned it because I found it funny (not to mention strange) ms word marked the correct version incorrect and the incorrect version correct...
If either or both of you could tackle this question of mine, I would be tha
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