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Rommel Posted 8 years ago
Essay & Composition Writing

"Was,' 'entertained,' and 'raised' are correctly used in the sentence, aren't they?

"Was,' 'entertained,' and 'raised' are correctly used in the sentence, aren't they?

There was parents' meeting in my cousins' school yesterday. The principal entertained and answered relevant questions raised by parents.

  

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Rommel There was parents' meeting in my cousins' school yesterday. The principal entertained and answered relevant questions raised by parents. The construction does not seem clear.

  • Rommel There was parents' meeting in my cousins' school yesterday.
  • The principal entertained and answered relevant questions raised by parents.
  • The construction does not seem clear.
  • And, I don't think entertain is right here—'entertain' and 'answer' coming one after the other sounds odd.
  • There was a parent-teacher meeting in our cousins' school yesterday.
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RommelThere was parents' meeting in my cousins' school yesterday. The principal entertained and answered relevant questions raised by parents.

The construction does not seem clear. And, I don't think entertain is right here—'entertain' and 'answer' coming one after the other sounds odd.


There was a parent-teacher meeting in our cousins' school

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RommelThere was a parent-teacher meeting in/at my cousins' school yesterday. The principal entertained met with the parents and answered
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Rommelparents' meeting

parents' evening in British English https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/parents-evening

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