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Is this sentence correct by rules: " I was born intelligent but education runed me" I don't have the adequate knowledge of grammar rules, will some one help me? Thanks in advance Abdul

Whl626 · Accepted Answer

ruined me.

I think the sentence is correct. There are two sentences joined together by the conjuction ' but '

I = subject
was = verb to be
born = adj
intelligent = adj
but = conjunction
eduction = subject
ruined = verb
me = object

Jabeer · Answer

Can any i get any other advice..

Thanks

Jabeer

Rommie · Answer

Sure thing. Just tell us what you want to understand.

I was born intelligent but education runed me

Here you have two clauses:
1. I was born intelligent
2. Education ruined me

Either of these could stand alone as a complete sentence, but you can have more than one clause in a sentence so long as they are linked together properly. In this case, they are linked together with "but", which is the correct conjunction to use, because it implies a contrast between the first clause and the second.

In the first clause, "I was born intelligent", this is kind of a shorthand way of saying "I was born with intelligence. It works like this because "born" is acting as a linking verb. The object of a verb is not normally an adjective, but for linking verbs, it can be, and this is the case here.

"Education ruined me" is completely straightforward. It follows the classic subject+verb+object pattern, so hopefully you should have no trouble understanding that.

If you need more, feel free to say so.

Rommie.

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