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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Three to's

1) The people in the market ranged from buyers to middlemen to merchants with their business.

Can we have 'to' like this three times?

2) He didn't attend the party, considering his head was hurting and his hands were still feeling the pain from the previous game.
  

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1-- Yes; it is a rhetorical technique, so don't overuse it. 2-- The sentence is OK. What did you think was wrong with it?

  • 1-- Yes; it is a rhetorical technique, so don't overuse it.
  • 2-- The sentence is OK.
  • What did you think was wrong with it?
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1-- Yes; it is a rhetorical technique, so don't overuse it.
2-- The sentence is OK. What did you think was wrong with it?

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