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kjol
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 Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 10:58 pm Post subject: by letting her go out alone |
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| He cannot be a good father by letting her go out alone in the dark. |
Hi, do you think this sentence is natural? I have difficulty using "by."
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myprofe
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Location: Madrid, Spain - Native Boston, USA
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| Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 12:57 am Post subject: how |
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In this structure by is used to explain how something is done.
Letting his daughter go out alone in the dark is not the way to be a good father.
You can't find work by waiting for someone to offer you a job.
Waiting for someone to offer you a job is not the way to find work.
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