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Anonymous

#242650 Tue, 04 Jul 06 06:34 PM

She proceeded to fix the faulty wiring, having checked that the main electricity supply had been switched off.
She proceeded to fix the faulty wiring, having checked the main electricity supply had been switched off.
She proceeded to fix the faulty wiring after he had checked that the electricity supply had been switched off.
She proceeded to fix the faulty wiring after he checked that the electricity supply had been switched off.
Are the above sentences correct?

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Clive

#242651 Tue, 04 Jul 06 06:49 PM

Hi,

Yes.

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Anonymous

#242652 Tue, 04 Jul 06 06:51 PM

10x

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rishonly

#242684 Tue, 04 Jul 06 09:21 PM

Anonymous wrote:
10x

Hi Anon,

If you really want to thank Clive, just say 'Thanks'.

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Regards, Krish

Clive

#242717 Tue, 04 Jul 06 11:59 PM

Hi,

That's OK. I guess 10x means ten times thanks, so that's ten times better!

Best wishes, Clive

Clive

CalifJim

#242797 Wed, 05 Jul 06 08:40 AM

The second of the four sentences is a bit of a 'garden path' sentence. Since check can take an object like the main electricity supply, I would have included the that for stylistic reasons. This blocks the interpretation having checked the main electricity supply, which leaves the reader wondering why another finite verb is added (had been switched off) instead of a non-finite construction such as to see if it had been switched off.

CJ

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milky

#242853 Wed, 05 Jul 06 10:56 AM

CalifJim wrote:
The second of the four sentences is a bit of a 'garden path' sentence. Since check can take an object like the main electricity supply, I would have included the that for stylistic reasons. This blocks the interpretation having checked the main electricity supply, which leaves the reader wondering why another finite verb is added (had been switched off) instead of a non-finite construction such as to see if it had been switched off.

CJ

I too would add "that".

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