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Tue 22 Jul, 2008 09:11 pm
The boyr demanded from his father (for) more morey than he was given.
Is 'for' needed?
Many thanks.
In that sentence the word "for" would be wrong. Also I would change the tense of "was given" to "had been given".
Either:
The boy demanded from his father more money than he had been given.
Or slightly softening the boys action:
The boy requested from his father more money than he had been given.
Or:
The boy asked his father for more money than he had been given.
The boy demanded more money from his father than he had been given.
note the positioning of "from"
dadpad wrote:The boy demanded more money from his father than he had been given.
contrex wrote:The boy demanded from his father more money than he had been given.
Both are correct.
Examples of the word order I employed:
Quote:It is understood that the United States Government has demanded from the Porte a large sum of money
Quote:Great Britain demanded from Japan, inter alia, the apprehension, trial and condign punishment of ...
Quote:In 1999 George W. Bush demanded from Pres. Clinton a timetable for withdrawal from Kosovo.
boyars usually had ample resources
boyars usually had ample resources.
What exactly does that mean, Farmerman? Do you have Tourettes? And why post the same nonsense twice?
double posting was through the courtesy of the A2K weasel.
My attempt at humor does require some previous knowledge I admit.
So hows your day going so far?
My day is awful!! I have painful sciatica and my right leg is tingling as well.
thanks for sharing that. See my question was mostly rhetorical, in the sense that it was mostly STYLE with no consideration to any THOUGHT.
farmerman wrote: See my question was mostly rhetorical, in the sense that it was mostly STYLE with no consideration to any THOUGHT.
Well, I had sort of gathered that...
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