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araveg
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Hi everyone, I have one doubt about these sentences. I have to connect them to make a subordinate one. -WE ENJOYED OUR HOLIDAY- WE LOST OUR SUITCASE (DESPITE) Must I say: We enjoyed our holiday despite losing our suitcase or despite having lost our suitcase And the other one -HE IS OLDER THAN ME . HE HAS GOT MORE RESPONSABILITY Can I join then with SUCH or SO , or do I have to use another connector? For instance He is older than me and a such, he has got more responsability or He is older than me so he has got more responsability Thanks in advance |
26 Mar 2015
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Gi2gi
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Hi. We enjoyed our holiday despite losing our suitcase or despite having lost our suitcase - Both are correct, although, I guess, the second option with the perfect gerund (having lost) has more emphasis on the completed action, But to me they both sound Ok. In the second sentence, the correct answer would be: He is older than me, so he has got more responsibility (a comma would be welcome, also). So here starts a result clause , such would be inappropriate. e.g. The weather was hot, so we went swimming.
Cheers, Giorgi
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26 Mar 2015
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araveg
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THANKS A LOT FOR YOUR HELP |
26 Mar 2015
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cunliffe
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Very nicely answered by Giorgi. |
26 Mar 2015
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duongnguyen87
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-WE ENJOYED OUR HOLIDAY- WE LOST OUR SUITCASE (DESPITE) Must I say: We enjoyed our holiday despite losing our suitcase or despite having lost our suitcase I think both are correct but its meaning is a little different. The first one, we took our suitcase with us on our holiday but we lost it then. The second one, we lost our suitcase at home (before the trip). |
27 Mar 2015
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Apodo
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I believe as such can also be used, though it is quite formal. He is older than me and as such, he has got more responsibility or He is older than me so he has got more responsibility Also to be grammatically correct It should be �older than I (am) � not older than me. However when speaking �me � is what is commonly used. |
27 Mar 2015
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ueslteacher
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I would also say, "We enjoyed our holiday despite the fact that we lost our suitcase" |
28 Mar 2015
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