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Across the centuries VERSUS over the centuries #1 (permalink) Fri Nov 03, 2006 13:00 pm   Across the centuries VERSUS over the centuries
 

Thank you for correcting this:

1)Extensive fishing caused whales being trapped in the nets.
2)Despite this, people has always been fashinated from these animals across (or over?) the centuries.

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Across the centuries VERSUS over the centuries #2 (permalink) Fri Nov 03, 2006 14:05 pm   Across the centuries VERSUS over the centuries
 

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1) With extensive fishing, nets have trapped many whales. (There are other ways to say this, too.)

2) Despite this, people have always been fascinated with these animals over the centuries.
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Across the centuries VERSUS over the centuries #3 (permalink) Fri Nov 03, 2006 14:19 pm   Across the centuries VERSUS over the centuries
 

Dear Mister Micawber,

Many thanks for your quick answer.

Regarding the first sentence, is it absolutely wrong using "Caused + ing" ?
Could you kindly tell me more about "other ways to say this"?

Thank you VERY much!
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Across the centuries VERSUS over the centuries #4 (permalink) Fri Nov 03, 2006 14:34 pm   Across the centuries VERSUS over the centuries
 

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Caused... being is wrong-- or at least extremely awkward with anything beyond a personal pronoun (The strike caused my being late. Actually, I don't like that example either). Otherwise, I just felt the sentence composition was a little awkward, so I supplied one of my own. Others may suggest other ways of expressing this statement.
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