Are these sentences right?
1. The wall with some pictures on it is very beautiful.
2. The girl got such a fright that she rushed up to her mother.
3. The dog needed feeding.
4. Doctor John always tries his best to have operations, for he wants to have a clear conscience.
5. I think a thief usually has no conscience.
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Answers · 4
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Hi Susan,
I would say almost all of your sentences are perfectly written except for number 4.
I think what you meant was,
Doctor John always tries his best while operating because he wants to have a clear conscience.
The point is that you don't need to use a comma before "because", but if you use "for" then you would need a comma.
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A more colloquial way of saying #4 would be ...
Doctor John always tries his best to PERFORM THE operations, BECAUSE he wants to have a clear conscience.
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Hello Susan!
I would say that they are all good except for #4.
I am assuming that Doctor John is the one actually doing the operations and is not having the operations done to him. In which case you would say:
4. Doctor John always tries his best to "perform" operations, for he wants to have a clear conscience.
or
4. Doctor John always tries his best to have "perform the" operations, for he wants to have a clear conscience.
I hope that helps!
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All good!
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