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Navitasan Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

To protect

Which are correct:

1-They had clothes on to protect them from the cold.
2-They had clothes on the protect themselves form the cold.

3-They had clothes on for protecting them from the cold.
4-They had clothes on for protecting themselves form the cold.

Gratefully,
Navi.
  

Top answer

Except for the misspellings, 1 and 2 are correct. 3 and 4 are not used by native speakers, who use 'for protection'.

  • Except for the misspellings, 1 and 2 are correct.
  • 3 and 4 are not used by native speakers, who use 'for protection'.
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Except for the misspellings, 1 and 2 are correct. 3 and 4 are not used by native speakers, who use 'for protection'.
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navitasan2-They had clothes on the protect themselves form the cold.
I assume you meant to write 'to', not 'the'.

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