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Infinitive/use
Message from san99 posted on 17-06-2012 at 02:53:08 (D | E | F)
Hello,
I have been synthesizing the sentences using different methods. I have constructed a few sentences in the exercise and will be very happy if anyone of you could check my work for the mistakes.
Thank you very much.
She was rational. She took a good decision.
She was rational to take a good decision.
It's too late. There is no use of feeling sorry for it.
It's too late to feel sorry for it.
Marry has been collecting stamps for years. It's her hobby.
Marry's hobby is to collect the stamps.
The men broke down into our home late in the night. He wanted to kill all of us.
The men broken down into our home to kill all of us.
That was a serious matter. The students could not solve not handle it.
The matter was too serious for the students to handle.
We went to the cinema last night. We watched a horror sequel there.
We went to the cinema to watch a horror movie last night.
We wanted to invite everyone to the wedding. We printed several cards.
We printed several cards to invite everyone to the wedding.
Jason was an insane guy. His intended to kill young girls.
Jason, an insane guy, intended to kill young girls.
I have more sentences to paste but I will first check your response for the sentences I have pasted above.
Sa
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Edited by lucile83 on 17-06-2012 08:09
Message from san99 posted on 17-06-2012 at 02:53:08 (D | E | F)
Hello,
I have been synthesizing the sentences using different methods. I have constructed a few sentences in the exercise and will be very happy if anyone of you could check my work for the mistakes.
Thank you very much.
She was rational. She took a good decision.
She was rational to take a good decision.
It's too late. There is no use of feeling sorry for it.
It's too late to feel sorry for it.
Marry has been collecting stamps for years. It's her hobby.
Marry's hobby is to collect the stamps.
The men broke down into our home late in the night. He wanted to kill all of us.
The men broken down into our home to kill all of us.
That was a serious matter. The students could not solve not handle it.
The matter was too serious for the students to handle.
We went to the cinema last night. We watched a horror sequel there.
We went to the cinema to watch a horror movie last night.
We wanted to invite everyone to the wedding. We printed several cards.
We printed several cards to invite everyone to the wedding.
Jason was an insane guy. His intended to kill young girls.
Jason, an insane guy, intended to kill young girls.
I have more sentences to paste but I will first check your response for the sentences I have pasted above.
Sa
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Edited by lucile83 on 17-06-2012 08:09
Re: Infinitive/use from sherry48, posted on 17-06-2012 at 14:26:08 (D | E)
Hello. Here are my suggestions.
She was rational. She took a good decision. No
She was rational to take a good decision.
It's too late. There is no use of feeling sorry for it. OK
It's too late to feel sorry for it.
Marry has been collecting stamps for years. It's her hobby.
Marry's hobby is to collect the stamps.Not the infinitive
The men broke down into our home late in the night. He wanted to kill all of us. No
The men broken
That was a serious matter. The students could not solve not handle it.
The matter was too serious for the students to handle.OK
We went to the cinema last night. We watched a horror sequel there.
We went to the cinema to watch a horror movie last night. OK
We wanted to invite everyone to the wedding. We printed several cards.
We printed several cards to invite everyone to the wedding. OK, (but I would do it differently)
Jason was an insane guy. His intended to kill young girls.
Jason, an insane guy, intended to kill young girls. OK, (it could be done differently also)
Sherry
Re: Infinitive/use from san99, posted on 17-06-2012 at 19:17:48 (D | E)
thanks Sherry, I will reconstruct the sentences that had mistakes.
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