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'fine by me' vs. 'fine with me'? | Role of "about"

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Mon Jun 26, 2006 11:17 am What is the grammatical error in the following sentence?

Locked away in an old bag. I was surprise to found my passport. Thanks

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Mon Jun 26, 2006 12:33 pm What is the grammatical error in the following sentence?

Hi abc71044 There is more than one error. Here is a corrected version: I was surprised to find my passport locked away in an old bag. Amy _________________ Amy . ESL teacher, and native speaker of American English

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Mon Jun 26, 2006 13:46 pm What is the grammatical error in the following sentence?

ABC wrote:

Locked away in an old bag. I was surprise to found my passport.

Hi ABC

Could I also give an additional comment on it? See Blow.

1-Locked away in an old house, she felt like a vegetable.

2- Frustrated, he decided to return to his country.

Do you get what I am trying to say, ABC? Very Happy

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Mon Jun 26, 2006 13:54 pm What is the grammatical error in the following sentence?

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Locked away in an old house, she felt like a vegetable.

I'd say 'Being locked...

Which is better?

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Tue Jun 27, 2006 10:47 am What is the grammatical error in the following sentence?

Yankee wrote:

Hi abc71044

There is more than one error. Here is a corrected version:

I was surprised to find my passport locked away in an old bag.

Amy

Thanks Amy,
but how about this?
I was surprised to find my passport which is locked away in an old bag.

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Tue Jun 27, 2006 10:49 am What is the grammatical error in the following sentence?

Tom wrote:

ABC wrote:

Locked away in an old bag. I was surprise to found my passport.

Tom

Sorry Tom,
I'm afraid that I can't get what you mean...

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Tue Jun 27, 2006 12:16 pm What is the grammatical error in the following sentence?

abc71044 wrote:

but how about this?
I was surprised to find my passport which is locked away in an old bag.

Hi abc71044

I would replace "is" with "was" (or "had been"):
I was surprised to find my passport which was locked away in an old bag.

In my opinion, this new sentence has a slightly different meaning than my sentence. But that's OK. It just depends on what you want to stress. Your sentence says that you were surprised to find your passport and then it simply explains where the passport was (without being surprised by that).

My sentence was:
I was surprised to find my passport locked away in an old bag.

In my sentence the surprise is much more strongly connected with where you found the passport.

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