English 1b3 Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
by/in saying that
a) You were right in saying that it took 35 days to be released.
b) You were right by saying that it took 35 days to be released.
Q1. Are both a) and b) grammatical, and do they have the same meaning?
Q2. Is c) below ungrammatical?
c) I will make a long story short in saying that it took 35 days to be released.
b) You were right by saying that it took 35 days to be released.
Q1. Are both a) and b) grammatical, and do they have the same meaning?
Q2. Is c) below ungrammatical?
c) I will make a long story short in saying that it took 35 days to be released.
Top answer
(a) is correct; (b) is not. You need 'by' in (c).
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