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Going to school is compulsory. or To go to school is compusory.



 
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Going to school is compulsory. or To go to school is compusory. #1 (permalink) Tue Sep 08, 2009 5:56 am   Going to school is compulsory. or To go to school is compusory.
 

Good day Torsten,

Somebody is asking which sentence is correct:
1) Going to school is compulsory. or
2) To go to school is compusory.

My answer was sentence #1 because it has the right structure on which gerund was
used as a subject correctly.
What do you reckon?

Thanks.
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which sentence is correct #2 (permalink) Tue Sep 08, 2009 7:20 am   which sentence is correct
 

Hi,
You are right.
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which sentence is correct #3 (permalink) Wed Sep 09, 2009 18:42 pm   which sentence is correct
 

both of them are correct:

In the first sentence 'going' is used as noun (Gerund) and creates noun phrase 'going to' and all the other parts agree with the main clause
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which sentence is correct #6 (permalink) Thu Sep 10, 2009 10:58 am   which sentence is correct
 

Hi.
Irish wrote:
What do you reckon?

Nice word! It Is actually spoken word, especially in British English. since I have learned American English, I wasn't familiar with it. I have never heard it before because It has hardly ever used in American English. I didn't know that.
thanks. and you were right.
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Let me know whether you have any suggestions or you suppose that I'm wrong.
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which sentence is correct #7 (permalink) Thu Sep 10, 2009 11:04 am   which sentence is correct
 

"What do you reckon?" is asking for your opinion or your thoughts on a certain subject.
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which sentence is correct #8 (permalink) Thu Sep 10, 2009 13:27 pm   which sentence is correct
 

Hi Kitos
Many thanks for your help.
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which sentence is correct #9 (permalink) Thu Sep 10, 2009 18:15 pm   which sentence is correct
 

both of them not a complete sentense my friend :)
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which sentence is correct #10 (permalink) Thu Sep 10, 2009 19:25 pm   which sentence is correct
 

Davronbek wrote:
both of them (ARE) not a complete sentense (SENTENCE) ( my friend :)= ( you mean none of those are true.)

thanks for advising us. absolutely they are not sentences. they are phrases.
please don't ignore the sophisticated people like Kitos. He is really helpful and good at English with over 3000 posted essays and story...
wish you luck.
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which sentence is correct #11 (permalink) Sat Nov 07, 2009 18:59 pm   which sentence is correct
 

thanks. sorry for my very late reply. i've been very busy this past few months.
but now it's all back to normal. so, we can already have lots of discussions here again.
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which sentence is correct #12 (permalink) Sat Nov 07, 2009 19:01 pm   which sentence is correct
 

hello kitos,
thank you very much. sorry for my late reply. i've been very busy. but now it's all back to normal. so, i hope to know more about you in this site/forum.
all the best,
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Going to school is compulsory. or To go to school is compusory. #13 (permalink) Sun Nov 08, 2009 23:20 pm   Going to school is compulsory. or To go to school is compusory.
 

Hi
Wow! Take a look at the date of these comments ...! Just like a diary!
By making a comparison between my previous and my present time I can get whether I have improved or not. Some of my previous comments seem funny to me and they reflect my previous weaknesses like a mirror.
Hello Irish
I am glad to hear from you again after two months.
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