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Wangqh2696122 Posted 13 years ago
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What form should be used to respond to this question?

What form should be used to respond to this question?

Tom: What should I do with this passage?
Teacher: _____ the main idea of each paragraph.
A. Finding out B. To find out C. Find out
  

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You need a verb to start that sentence. So option C, "Find out", is the best choice. This gives a sentence structure of VERB ("find out") OBJECT ("the") COMPOUND NOUN ("main idea") then "of each paragraph" (sorry, I don't know the right grammatical term for that part of the sentence).

— KrisBlueNZ

  • You need a verb to start that sentence.
  • So option C, "Find out", is the best choice.
  • This gives a sentence structure of VERB ("find out") OBJECT ("the") COMPOUND NOUN ("main idea") then "of each paragraph" (sorry, I don't know the right grammatical term for that part of the sentence).
  • "Finding out" is present continuous.
  • It wouldn't be appropriate to start a simple sentence like that with a present continuous verb.
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You need a verb to start that sentence. So option C, "Find out", is the best choice.
This gives a sentence structure of VERB ("find out") OBJECT ("the") COMPOUND NOUN ("main idea") then "of each paragraph" (sorry, I don't know the right grammatical term for that part of the sentence).
"Finding out" is present continuous. It wouldn't be appropriate to start a simple sentence like that with
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