Forlan Posted 18 years ago
Hi, forums please help me to improve this sentence. Is the adjective” some month” is true?
If you want participate your goldfish at the contest, you should prepare it for some month
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Hi, forums please help me to improve this sentence. Is the adjective” some month” is true?
If you want participate your goldfish at the contest, you should prepare it for some month
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Hi If you want to enter your goldfish in the contest, you should prepare it for some months beforehand.
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If you want to enter your goldfish in the contest, you should prepare it for some months beforehand.
If you want to enter your goldfish in the contest, you should prepare it for some months beforehand.
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If you want to participate in the contest for goldfish, you have to send in an entry form and pay an entry fee before the deadline
If you want to win the contest for goldfish, then you have to prepare months in advance.
If you want to win the contest for goldfish, then you have to prepare months in advance.
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Just to add, you cannot "participate" something else. Your original sentence was "participate your goldfish" and that option is not okay.
Particpiate cannot take a direct object - it's an intransitive verb.
Particpiate cannot take a direct object - it's an intransitive verb.