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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?Quote:
Originally Posted by Chuvak
Can you correct the wrong ones?? :roll:
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 ".
I agree with Тостер. This sounds the most natural.Quote:
Originally Posted by Тостер
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"
You could also use:Quote:
Originally Posted by Chuvak
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.
I agree, both of them can be used, they meant the exact same thing, however the second one is used more in normal conversation.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chuvak
You could also use: Seeing them together is strange.
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:
Originally Posted by волк
[quote=Тостер]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]Quote:
Originally Posted by "волк":1fsfvnmm
Ugh. I would say "His most urgent problem was finding a cook."
What was the problem doing? :o Finding a cook? Did it succeed in it? :wink:
Fine, "His most urgent problem was to find a cook." XP
How about: "urgent cook was his problem to most a find" :wink:
You know what, guys. Your most urgent problem is how to make yourselves stop sneering at the poor sentence :D
Either I'm tired or I don't see a mistake. Prove that I'm tired and wanna sleep.Quote:
Originally Posted by kalinka_vinnie