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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Whats wrong with my sentence?
One person thought man’s greatest invention was the plow.
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That could work in the right context. Why do you ask? Is something supposed to be wrong with it?
- That could work in the right context.
- Why do you ask?
- Is something supposed to be wrong with it?
- The beginning ( One person ) is a bit strange without context, but not wrong.
- You could make it more impersonal like this: It was thought that man's greatest invention was the plow.
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That could work in the right context. Why do you ask? Is something supposed to be wrong with it?
The beginning (One person) is a bit strange without context, but not wrong.
You could make it more impersonal like this:
It was thought that man's greatest invention was the plow.
-- more personal and more descriptive like this:
One of th
The beginning (One person) is a bit strange without context, but not wrong.
You could make it more impersonal like this:
It was thought that man's greatest invention was the plow.
-- more personal and more descriptive like this:
One of th
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AnonymousOne person thought man’s greatest invention was the plow.I think one naturally assumes context when reading something like this in an excerpt.
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