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22 Jan 2021, 13:43
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Dear Experts,
Need your guidance to understand the below-
I am not getting that how (a) is incorrect. Ai'nt (b) and (b1) is correct? Please do share your inputs.
(a) The building was demolished to avoid falling down accidentally. (incorrect)
(b) The building was demolished to avoid its falling down accidentally. (not sure)
(c) The building was demolished to keep it from falling down accidentally. (correct)
Re-arranging
(b1) To avoid the building falling down accidentally it was demolished. (not sure)
(c1) To keep the building from falling down accidentally it was demolished.
Thank you!
Need your guidance to understand the below-
I am not getting that how (a) is incorrect. Ai'nt (b) and (b1) is correct? Please do share your inputs.
(a) The building was demolished to avoid falling down accidentally. (incorrect)
(b) The building was demolished to avoid its falling down accidentally. (not sure)
(c) The building was demolished to keep it from falling down accidentally. (correct)
Re-arranging
(b1) To avoid the building falling down accidentally it was demolished. (not sure)
(c1) To keep the building from falling down accidentally it was demolished.
Thank you!
27 Feb 2021, 02:11
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(a) The building was demolished to avoid falling down accidentally: This is totally WRONG
When a sentence contains "to avoid (something happening)" , it must be clear WHO is trying to avoid something.
Usually it means that the SUBJECT has done something so that the SUBJECT can avoid something.
So it's fine to say "She removed the carpet to avoid tripping" : means that SHE removed the carpet so that SHE would not trip.
In A, we don't know who wants to avoid falling. In fact, nobody wants to avoid falling. Someone wants to PREVENT the building from falling.
The subject is the building, and the building has certainly not done anything and the building is not trying to avoid anything
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When a sentence contains "to avoid (something happening)" , it must be clear WHO is trying to avoid something.
Usually it means that the SUBJECT has done something so that the SUBJECT can avoid something.
So it's fine to say "She removed the carpet to avoid tripping" : means that SHE removed the carpet so that SHE would not trip.
In A, we don't know who wants to avoid falling. In fact, nobody wants to avoid falling. Someone wants to PREVENT the building from falling.
The subject is the building, and the building has certainly not done anything and the building is not trying to avoid anything
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