Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Are these sentences correct
Are these sentences correct:
How to rewrite the following using finite clauses instead of the non-finite or verbless ones:
1. With the train drivers on strike tomorrow, I don't think I'll go to London.
2. I didn't get wet, having remembered to take my umbrella.
3. Abandoned by the colleagues, the Minister was forced to resign.
4. Waving their scarves and shouting, the fans ran onto the pitch.
Possible answers:
1. Because the train drivers will be on strike tomorrow, I don't think I'll go to London.
2. I didn't get wet because I remembered to take my umbrella.
3. The Minister was forced to resign because he was abandoned by the colleagues.
4. The fans were waving their scarves and shouting and ran onto the pitch.
Did I use the word 'because' too many times? ( or Have I used the word ...)
Dani
How to rewrite the following using finite clauses instead of the non-finite or verbless ones:
1. With the train drivers on strike tomorrow, I don't think I'll go to London.
2. I didn't get wet, having remembered to take my umbrella.
3. Abandoned by the colleagues, the Minister was forced to resign.
4. Waving their scarves and shouting, the fans ran onto the pitch.
Possible answers:
1. Because the train drivers will be on strike tomorrow, I don't think I'll go to London.
2. I didn't get wet because I remembered to take my umbrella.
3. The Minister was forced to resign because he was abandoned by the colleagues.
4. The fans were waving their scarves and shouting and ran onto the pitch.
Did I use the word 'because' too many times? ( or Have I used the word ...)
Dani
Top answer
Hi, These are OK. Can you think of any other ways to write any of them? Clive
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Hi,
These are OK.
Can you think of any other ways to write any of them?
Clive
These are OK.
Can you think of any other ways to write any of them?
Clive
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Possible answers:
1. Because the train drivers will be on strike tomorrow, I don't think I'll go to London.
2. I didn't get wet because I remembered to take my umbrella.
3. The Minister was forced to resign because he was abandoned by t
1. Because the train drivers will be on strike tomorrow, I don't think I'll go to London.
2. I didn't get wet because I remembered to take my umbrella.
3. The Minister was forced to resign because he was abandoned by t
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