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Christine Christie Posted 6 years ago
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Is this sentence correct:



"At the end of the book, she ACKNOWLEDGES her team, without whom she says the book wouldn't have been finished in her lifetime."

  

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" OK as shown. Remove "been". You don't want that passive construction with the verb "finish".

— CalifJim

  • " OK as shown.
  • Remove "been".
  • You don't want that passive construction with the verb "finish".
  • CJ
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Christine Christie

Is this sentence correct:


"At the end of the book, she ACKNOWLEDGES her team, without whom she says the book wouldn't have been finished in her lifetime."

OK as shown. Remove "been". You don't want that passive construction with the verb "finish".

CJ

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