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Namsteven Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Withhold

- In Hongkong lots of people withhold pavements to do business so there's no place for pedestrians. They have to walk on the street.

- Are these sentences grammatical?

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In Hong Kong, lots of merchants use the pavements/sidewalks to do business , so there's no place for pedestrians. They have to walk in the street.

— Mister Micawber

  • In Hong Kong, lots of merchants use the pavements/sidewalks to do business , so there's no place for pedestrians.
  • They have to walk in the street.
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In Hong Kong, lots of merchants use the pavements/sidewalks to do business, so there's no place for pedestrians. They have to walk in the street.
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namsteven- In Hongkong lots of people withhold pavements to do business so there's no place for pedestrians. They have to walk on the street.

- Are these sentences grammatical?

Thanks a lot to Teachers,

Namsteven
No, this is an incorrect use of the verb. Withhold means: to withhold v.
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In Hongkong, many businesses illegally use the sidewalk for commercial purposes, thus leaving very little room for pedestrians.
There is no necessity to change the register of the poster's original sentence so drastically, Dimsum. Limit yourself to correcting the errors. There is nothing wrong with the original other than the adjustments I have already made.
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