Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Is this short sentence correct?
My children and I took with us practically all our belongings.
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Anonymous My children and I took with us practically all our belongings. In English we don't put anything between a verb and its object. Rearrange thus: My children and I took practically all our belongings with us.
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AnonymousMy children and I took with us practically all our belongings.In English we don't put anything between a verb and its object. Rearrange thus:
My children and I took practically all our belongings with us.
Your original is OK, but try not to get in the habit of inserting words between the verb and its object.
CJ
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