Thread: For God`s sake, help me!!!

Tell me, please, which followed sentences is right:

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1.1 To find a cook was his most urgent problem
1.2 It was his most urgent problem to find a cook
1.3 It was the most urgent problem for him to find a cook

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2.1 To see them together is strange
2.2 It is strange to see them together

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Originally Posted by Chuvak

Tell me, please, which followed sentences is right:

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1.1 To find a cook was his most urgent problem
1.2 It was his most urgent problem to find a cook
1.3 It was the most urgent problem for him to find a cook

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2.1 To see them together is strange
2.2 It is strange to see them together

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The last ones are both right?

Can you correct the wrong ones??

Well the word order is wrong in 1.2 and 1.3... the corrected version is in 1.1!

Thanks !!!

You could also say, "His most urgent problem was to find a cook."

Yep, and you could say also, " To see them together is strange ".

Originally Posted by Тостер

You could also say, "His most urgent problem was to find a cook."

I agree with Тостер. This sounds the most natural.

But if someone held a gun to my head and forced me to pick from your list, I would choose "1.1 To find a cook was his most urgent problem"

Originally Posted by Chuvak

Tell me, please, which followed sentences is right:

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1.1 To find a cook was his most urgent problem
1.2 It was his most urgent problem to find a cook
1.3 It was the most urgent problem for him to find a cook

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You could also use:

Finding a cook was his most urgent problem.
Finding a cook was the most urgent problem of his.

I don't think 'To find' is used as commonly as finding, it does sound a bit bookish to me, unless it's meant to sound formal, in which case the first two are fine.

Originally Posted by Chuvak

2.1 To see them together is strange
2.2 It is strange to see them together

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I agree, both of them can be used, they meant the exact same thing, however the second one is used more in normal conversation.

You could also use: Seeing them together is strange.

Originally Posted by волк

Finding a cook was the most urgent problem of his.

I don't know, this sounds a little funny. Maybe, "Finding a cook was the most urgent problem he had." I understand that the grammer is probably wrong, but that's how languages are, people speak incorrectly all the time.

[quote=Тостер]

Originally Posted by "волк":1fsfvnmm

Finding a cook was the most urgent problem of his.

I don't know, this sounds a little funny. Maybe, "Finding a cook was the most urgent problem he had." I understand that the grammer is probably wrong, but that's how languages are, people speak incorrectly all the time.[/quote:1fsfvnmm]

Ugh. I would say "His most urgent problem was finding a cook."

What was the problem doing? Finding a cook? Did it succeed in it?

Fine, "His most urgent problem was to find a cook." XP

How about: "urgent cook was his problem to most a find"

You know what, guys. Your most urgent problem is how to make yourselves stop sneering at the poor sentence

Originally Posted by kalinka_vinnie

Well the word order is wrong in 1.2 and 1.3

Either I'm tired or I don't see a mistake. Prove that I'm tired and wanna sleep.