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New2grammar Posted 18 years ago
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threaten with armed forces

1i00President Mugabe threatened his political rival with armed forces.02br
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00Does the sentence correctly convey the meaning that the president threatened to use violence by deploying troops?02br
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0Those last three words aren't quite right to my ear. 02br 00I think you always need a deverbal noun or gerund after that 01i 00with02i 00. 02br 02br 00CJ 0-

— CalifJim

  • 0Those last three words aren't quite right to my ear.
  • 02br 00I think you always need a deverbal noun or gerund after that 01i 00with02i 00.
  • 02br 02br 00CJ 0-
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0Those last three words aren't quite right to my ear. 01i00with the deployment of armed forces02i00, perhaps?02br
00I think you always need a deverbal noun or gerund after that 01i00with02i00. A plain old concrete noun doesn't quite do it.02br
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0 Basing on the sentence alone, I see two interpretations.02br
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00One is as interpreted by you and this one is more likely.02br
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00The other is: 01i00President Mugabe threatened his political rival and his political rival was with armed forces.02i00 0-
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0 Thank you, CJ and26T.0-
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