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Latest post Sun, May 1 2005 9:24 PM by yogi2005. 1 replies.
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yogi2005  +  95213 Sun, 01 May 05 09:24 PM
hallo,

Please, tell me how to correct the sentence below.

He is so well-mannered that he always lets women through the doors first.

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MrPedantic  +  95257 Sun, 01 May 05 11:35 PM
Hello Yogi

'He is so well-mannered that he always lets women go through doors before him.'

This would be more likely, though:

'He is so well-mannered that he always holds open the door for women.'

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