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Awence  #497023  Sun, 06 Apr 08 06:34 AM
 Im wondering If both or just one of these sentences is correct.

Write a story beginning with "I hate you".

Write a story begins with "I hate you".

 

May i have the justification too. thanks.

  
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Avangi  #497042  Sun, 06 Apr 08 08:18 AM

Only the first choice is grammatical. This is a complex sentence (I hope).  Write a story is a clause which may stand alone. You are then adding a phrase (or clause) to modify "story."

"Beginning with "I hate you." is a perfectly legal participial phrase (I hope).

"Begins with "I hate you." is a perfectly illegal relative clause.  (it needs a relative pronoun, like "which.")  That is, the clause lacks a subject.

  
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Hoa Thai  #497044  Sun, 06 Apr 08 08:26 AM

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 Im wondering If both or just one of these sentences is correct.

Write a story beginning with "I hate you." OK - participle clause.

Write a story begins with "I hate you." Not OK - story cannot be an object and a subject at the same time. Revise the sentence as follows: Write a story that begins / story, which begins ...

May i have the justification too. thanks.

 
  
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