| Re: usage of "by" |
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| Norma (norma2339@charter.net) |
2003/09/18 04:30 |
"Fanny" <grace6666@sina.com> wrote in message
news:bfb65k$2aei$1@mail.cn99.com...
> " Now this can only happen by some defect in your conduct."
"This can happen only if there is a defect in your conduct." Does that
work?
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> I wonder if the above sentence may be rewritten another way
like
> this:
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> "Now this can only happen because of some defect in your
> conduct."
Yes!!
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> The whole difficulty is that I seldom come across the usage of
> "by" in this sentence. Anyone can tell me more sentences about
the
> usage of "by"?
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> Thanks!
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