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[Marlen]

Hi,

Could you help me with theses sentences?

With the turns of tides they're arriving and then attack every body and every thing. Only one family can resist.
Are they correct or do I need an object in the last sentence? And is the present continuous in the first sentence correct and every ... in two words?

I've already read an explanation about resist. It reads: intransitive senses: to exert force in opposition

transitive senes : 1 to exert oneself so as to counteract or defeat
2 to withstand the force or effect

I should think the verb is transitive in my sentece, but I'm a bit confused.
I'd really be very grateful to get your assistance.

Marlen

[lotus]

Hi Marlen,

Could you help me with theses sentences?

With the turns of tides they're arriving and then attack every body and every thing. Only one family can resist.


I would re-write the sentence (assuming I read the sentence correctly):

With the turn of each tide, they arrived and attacked everyone and everything. Only one family had the strength to resist and survive.

Resist in this case is intransitive since it does not require an object.

--lotus


Are they correct or do I need an object in the last sentence? And is the present continuous in the first sentence correct and every ... in two words?

I've already read an explanation about resist. It reads: intransitive senses: to exert force in opposition

transitive senes : 1 to exert oneself so as to counteract or defeat
2 to withstand the force or effect

I should think the verb is transitive in my sentece, but I'm a bit confused.
I'd really be very grateful to get your assistance.