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Christine Christie Posted 5 years ago
Grammar

To point

Is this paragraph correct:



“Where is Sydney Opera House?”, I asked.

The man pointed me forward.



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THANK YOU.

  

Top answer

Christine Christie Is this paragraph correct: Not so much. It almost works, but it sounds too much like he took you by the shoulders and made you face the direction you needed to go. He directed you forward.

  • Christine Christie Is this paragraph correct: Not so much.
  • It almost works, but it sounds too much like he took you by the shoulders and made you face the direction you needed to go.
  • He directed you forward.
  • He pointed forward.
  • But even there, "forward" is hard to get an image of.
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Christine ChristieIs this paragraph correct:

Not so much. It almost works, but it sounds too much like he took you by the shoulders and made you face the direction you needed to go. He directed you forward. He pointed forward. But even there, "forward" is hard to get an image of. Everybody is always facing forward.

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