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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary
Which sentence is the best?
1. Sam would collect broken glass and place them on the roads Adam used to injure his feet.
2. Sam would collect broken glass and place them on the roads Adam used in order to injure his feet.
3. Sam would collect broken glass and place them on the roads Adam used to cause injury to his feet.
Thank you.
2. Sam would collect broken glass and place them on the roads Adam used in order to injure his feet.
3. Sam would collect broken glass and place them on the roads Adam used to cause injury to his feet.
Thank you.
Top answer
All are wrong: 'glass' is uncountable. Change 'them' to 'it'.
- All are wrong: 'glass' is uncountable.
- Change 'them' to 'it'.
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All are wrong: 'glass' is uncountable. Change 'them' to 'it'.
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Anonymous1. Sam would collect broken glass and place them on the roads Adam used to injure his feet.I would re-position the infinitive clause to avoid confusion with the collocation "used to."
To injure Adam's feet, Sam would collect broken glass and place it on the roads Adam used.
To cause injury to Adam's feet, Sam would collect broken
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