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Exercise 20. Read the following jokes. Find the Objective Participial and the
Objective-with-the Infinitive Constructions
Knowing One’s Neighbours
BARRISTER
(speaking to a witness):
I want you to tell me the truth and only the truth,
for everything is of importance. How far were you standing from the place of the
accidence?
WITNESS
(without a moment’s hesitation):
Just four yards, two feet and six inches.
BARRISTER
(slightly taken aback)
: I‘d like you to tell me how you managed to be so
exact.
WITNESS: Well, I expected some fool to put this question
and I thought it fit to
measure the distance.
Достарыңызбен бөлісу: