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hiromichi
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 Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2015 3:31 am Post subject: spared of |
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I wonder 'spared of ' below should be corrected to ' spare of.'
That means he won’t have to find the $1.58 billion a lower court had wanted him to restore to this year’s state budget, and it will make balancing next year’s budget a lot easier. He can decide whether to run for president, a call he has promised to make this month, spared of any “fiscal crisis” headlines.
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Lorikeet
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| Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2015 6:28 pm Post subject: Re: spared of |
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| hiromichi wrote: |
I wonder 'spared of ' below should be corrected to ' spare of.'
That means he won’t have to find the $1.58 billion a lower court had wanted him to restore to this year’s state budget, and it will make balancing next year’s budget a lot easier. He can decide whether to run for president, a call he has promised to make this month, spared of any “fiscal crisis” headlines. |
It means he will be spared any "fiscal crisis" headlines, so you need the "spared" |
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hiromichi
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| Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2015 6:47 pm Post subject: |
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He will be spared any "fiscal crisis"
In this case ’of' is unnecessary. So 'being scared of xxx' should be ' being scared xxx' or 'being scare of xxx.' In the latter case 'scare' is adjective.
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Lorikeet
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| Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2015 10:15 pm Post subject: |
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| hiromichi wrote: |
He will be spared any "fiscal crisis"
In this case ’of' is unnecessary. So 'being scared of xxx' should be ' being scared xxx' or 'being scare of xxx.' In the latter case 'scare' is adjective. |
I am confused because you have changed "spared" to "scared". |
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hiromichi
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| Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2015 11:06 pm Post subject: |
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Lorikeet:
Sorry.
Thank you again.
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