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participles
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Bonca
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participles
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Dear Colleagues/Native speakers please help!
Are these sentences possible in English?
Having been written by Cook, the book is a great success.
Having been damaged by the earthquake, the building is no longer habitable.
(The task was to join two sentences using participles. Eg. The book is a great success. It was written by Cook.)
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27 Feb 2011
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ueslteacher
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The book written by Cook is a great success. The building damaged by the earthquake is no longer habitable. Sophia P.S. but I�m not a native speaker of course.
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27 Feb 2011
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amyi
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Hello Bonca, I am a native speaker and your sentences sound ok to me. The first one seems a bit stilted (not the most natural way of saying it) but correct nonetheless, I believe!
Amy |
27 Feb 2011
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joy2bill
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I, as a native speaker, would probably say: "Written by Cook, the book is a great success" or more naturally: "The book, written by Cook, is a great success."The second is correct and very topical at the moment especially in NZ.
Cheers Joy |
27 Feb 2011
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Bonca
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Thank you for your help! |
27 Feb 2011
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