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1) I am really excited about the movie 'Wind' coming out in September. 2) I am really excited about the movie 'Wind' in September . 3) I am really excited for the movie 'Wind' coming out in September. 4) I am really excited for the movie 'Wind' in September. The idea is that I am excited that the m...

1) She is tall among the girls in her class, but not among both the boys and the girls in her class. 2) She is tall compared to the girls in her class, but not compared to both the boys and the girls in her class. 3) She is tall among the girls in her class, but not among all the children in her cl...

Thank you very much, Phil,

Sinners have to be punished, don't they?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2c_z3apI9ng

Respectfully,
Navi

Which are correct:

1) They kidnapped him to work as a slave.
2) He was kidnapped to work as a slave.

3) They kidnapped him to make him work as a slave.
4) He was kidnapped to make him work as a slave.

Gratefully,
Navi

1) Great novelists such as Joyce and Faulkner used the interior monologue. 2) Great novelists like Joyce and Faulkner used the interior monologue. 3) Great novelists, such as Joyce and Faulkner, used the interior monologue. 4) Great novelists, like Joyce and Faulkner, used the interior monologue. D...

Are these sentences correct: 1) They arrested us with such brutality as one can hardly imagine. 2) They performed such acrobatic feats as I had never seen before. 3) He spoke of such things as exist only in fairy tales. 1a) They arrested us with brutality as one can hardly imagine. 2a) They performe...

Which are correct: 1) He was killed to keep him silent. 2) He was killed to be kept silent. 3) He was killed to keep silent. (meaning: He was killed so that he would keep silent) 4) He was killed in order to keep him silent. 5) He was killed in order to be kept silent. 6) He was kidnapped to toil as...

One person says: "In our city, a lot of people go to parks." Another replies: 1) It's young people who do that. 2) It's the young people who do that. 3) Young people do that. 4) The young people do that. Are all the sentences' acceptable in this context? Do they have different meanings in this conte...

1) They deny negotiating with you and contacting Harrison. 2) They deny negotiating with you or contacting Harrison. 3) They deny both negotiating with you and contacting Harrison. 4) They deny either negotiating with you or contacting Harrison. Which are correct? Which mean: a) They say they didn'...

Thank you very much, Phil, Actually, that wasn't really what I was after, although it is quite an interesting point! I hadn't even thought of that, but yes, one might wrongly think that those sentences have a dangling modifier. I'd have had doubts about your examples had I seen them elsewhere! But m...

Which are correct: 1) Aside from my marital life, which is in a bad way, there are a lot of other problems I have to face. 2) Aside from my marital life, which is in a bad way, a lot of other problems plague me. 3) Besides my marital life, which is in a bad way, there are a lot of other problems I h...

A says: We want to be free. B replies: 1) If you want to be free, the tyrant has to be overthrown. 2) For you to be free, the tyrant has to be overthrown. 3) The tyrant has to be overthrown for you to be free. 4) The tyrant has to be overthrown so that you will be free. Are all the sentences correct...

Thank you very much, Eric, It seems that I have messed things up with 'stepped up'. You are quite right. That phrasal verb does not belong to that context! How about: 5a) The scientific aspects of the book, which he accepted to make sense of for me, were important . 5b) The scientific aspects of the...

Are these sentences correct: 1) He made sense of the scientific aspects of the book for me. 2) The scientific aspects of the book were made sense of by him. 3) The scientific aspects of the book, which were made sense of by him, were fascinating. 4) The scientific aspects of the book, which he stepp...

Which are correct: 1) He is as much a writer as a journalist. 2) He is as much a writer as you are. 3) He is as much of a writer as a journalist. 4) He is as much of a writer as you are. 5) He is more a writer than a journalist. 6) He is more a writer than you are. 7) He is more of a writer than a j...