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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
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Without being proposed to, she told her friends that I had proposed to her.
Is the sentence correct?Please check it.Thanks in advance.
  

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It parses, but the passive is odd because we know who the parties are. "

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It parses, but the passive is odd because we know who the parties are.

"She told her friends that I had proposed to her, but I hadn't."
"I never proposed to her, but she told her friends that I had."
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