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correct the following sentence
1. The prime minister was accompanied with the members of his cabinet. 2.His lecture was accompanied by subtle analysis of concept.. 3. he is annoyed at his younger brother. 4. there are two nurses to attend at this patient. 5.the district magistrate has authority on the committee. 6. many parents are blind on the fault of their children. 7. he communicated his opinion with me. 8.life is compared with a battle. 9. i shall confer on him about important topics. 10. i cannot entrust my property with my uncle ... |
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1. The prime minister was accompanied by the members of his cabinet.
2. His lecture was accompanied with subtle analysis of concept. 3. He is annoyed with his younger brother. 4. There are two nurses to attend this patient. 5. The district magistrate has authority over the committee. 6. Many parents are blind for the fault of their children. 7. He communicated his opinion with me. 8. Life is compared to a battle. 9. I shall confer him about important topics. 10. I cannot entrust my property to my uncle.
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1. The prime minister was accompanied with the members of his cabinet.
The prime minister was accompanied by the ministers of his cabinet. 2.His lecture was accompanied by subtle analysis of concept.. His lecture was accompanied with subtle analysis of concept.(Here "accompany" means to supplement and it will be followed by "with") 3. he is annoyed at his younger brother. He is annoyed with his younger brother 4. there are two nurses to attend at this patient. There are two nurses to attend to this patient. 5.the district magistrate has authority on the committee. The magistrate has authority over the committee. 6. many parents are blind on the fault of their children. Many parents are blind to the faults of their childrens. 7. he communicated his opinion with me. He communicated his opinion to me. 8.life is compared with a battle. Life is compared to a battle. (copmared to= balancing sth to sth,, Compared with= liken) 9. i shall confer on him about important topics. I shall confer with him about important topics. 10. i cannot entrust my property with my uncle ... I cannot entrust my property to my uncle. Correction in the note of sentence no 8. (copmared to= liken; to regard sth similar to other e.g "America is compared to China" it means both the countries are regarded as similar,, Compared with= balancing sth to sth; find differences or similarity e.g "He compared gin with rum" it means gin and rum are two different alcohal drinks .) Quote:
Plz correct prepositions in sentence no 4,6,7 and 9..See my sentences.
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We will use preposition after "attend"...?
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correction, if any one have any confusion or objection pertaining to these sentences, one can post his/her objections....
1. The prime minister was accompanied by the members of his cabinet. ( reason accompanied by (for living things) and accompanied with (for things) 2..His lecture was accompanied with subtle analysis of concept.. 3.he is annoyed with his younger brother. reason annoyed with (for a person) annoyed at (for something) 4. there are two nurses to attend on this patient. reason(attend on for service) and attend to (duties, lessons, works.) 5..the district magistrate has authority over the committee. reason authority on for (subject) and authority over (for legal or moral) 6.. many parents are blind to the fault of their children. reason ( blind to for mentally and blind of for physically) 7.. he communicated his opinion to me... reason (communicate with to make correspondence ) and communicate to ( to convey) 8...life is compared to a battle. reason compare to( for dissimilar things and compare with for similar things.. 9..i shall confer with him about important topics. reason(confer on (to give) confer with (a person) 10.. i cannot entrust my property to my uncle ... reason (entrust to (in case of things and entrust with for a person )
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correct the following 1.where are those fifty rupees i lent you? 2. twice three are six 3. the army was defeated and fled 4.if i were him, i wouldn't do it 5.haseeb is our mutual friend 6.one must keep one's words 7. i have met him last month 8. he is very keen to go abroad 9.we have ordered for many books 10 .Shakespeare is compared to virgil...
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1.where are those fifty rupees i lent you?
Where are those fifty rupees which I had lent you? 2. twice three are six Twice three is/make six 3. The army was defeated and fled The army fled after defeat. 4.if i were him, i wouldn't do it If I were him, i woudn't have done it. 5. haseeb is our mutual friend Cant find mistake in it. i think it's right. 6.one must keep one's words One must keep one's word. 7. i have met him last month I met him last month. 8. he is very keen to go abroad. Don't know 9.we have ordered for many books We have ordered many books. 10 .Shakespeare is compared to virgil Shakespeare is compared with Virgil
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Alihashmat "attend to" will be used in sentence no 4. Attend to means care(refer to oxford dictionary 7th edition). The patient needs care not service.
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Quote:
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Quote:
1.where is that fifty rupees i lent you? Reason (when we talk about we consider it to be a single thing(an amount ) not fifty separate things…) 2. twice three is six Reason (this mean product of three multiply by two so the subject is singular and are should be is) 3. the army was defeated and made to flee Reason( was defeated is passive voice which must be followed by passive voice thus it is made to flee or put to flee) 4.if i were he, i wouldn't do it Reason( the complement of verb (to be) when expressed by a pronoun, should be in the subjective case ) 5.haseeb is our common friend Reason (mutual is feeling the same thing emotion or doing same thing to or for each other so we can say mutual respect not mutual friend 6.one must keep one's word Reason( one’s word is correct idiom) 7. i met him last month Reason (when definite time is given , we use past indefinite tense ) 8. he is very keen on going abroad Reason (keen is always followed by a preposition or which in turn , is followed by ing form of the verb 9.we have ordered many books Reason(no preposition after order ) 10 .Shakespeare is compared with virgil.. Reason (compare with is use for similar things )
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