0
Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Writing

It was all over that he looked for the book.
Is the sentence grammatically correct and meaningful?
  

Top answer

Anonymous Is the sentence grammatically correct and meaningful? No; it is not in use. Do not invert there.

— Mister Micawber

  • Anonymous Is the sentence grammatically correct and meaningful?
  • No; it is not in use.
  • Do not invert there.
Free · every Monday

Get the Weekly English Kit 📬

New words, one handy idiom, and a 2-minute quiz — delivered to your inbox to keep your streak alive.

5 Answers
0
AnonymousIs the sentence grammatically correct and meaningful?
No; it is not in use. Do not invert there.
0
0
Thanks, Mister Micawber.
It was the book that he looked all over for.
Or, there was nowhere for him to look for the book.
Are these sentences correct?
0
0
Neither of those are of use.

He looked all over for the book.
0
0
Thanks for your patient replies.
He looked all over for the book.
Is there any way to change the sentence into a double-negative pattern? Please help me with this.
0
0
AnonymousIs there any way to change the sentence into a double-negative pattern?
I can think of none, sorry.

Do not get tricked into performing these paradigm conversion exercises. They do not produce useful English.
0

Related Questions