Unlike his predecessor, the new mayor was intent on improving the city's cultural diversity.
Unlike his predecessor, the new mayor was intent
Unlike his predecessor, the new mayor was different and intended
The new mayor was intent, unlike his predecessor before him,
Unlike his predecessor before him, the new mayor was intent
The new mayor, unlike his predecessor, was different, and was intent
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WHAT THE HELL IS "WAS INTENT" ? HAS ANYONE SEEN THIS EXPRRESSION BEFORE ?
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heshamelaziry wrote:Unlike his predecessor, the new mayor was intent on improving the city's cultural diversity.
Unlike his predecessor, the new mayor was intent
Unlike his predecessor, the new mayor was different and intended
The new mayor was intent, unlike his predecessor before him,
Unlike his predecessor before him, the new mayor was intent
The new mayor, unlike his predecessor, was different, and was intent
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A
WHAT THE HELL IS "WAS INTENT" ? HAS ANYONE SEEN THIS EXPRRESSION BEFORE ?
Yeah, this is when intent is used as an adjective. Check here for more examples:
https://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-intent.html
You can also get to A via POE.
B- Different thrown in randomly, awkward phrasing, changes intent to intended
C- "Predecessor before him" is redundant
D- Same as C
E- Awfully written
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heshamelaziry
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I clicked on the link you provided, but nothing camne up about "was intent". i see nothing wrong with "B"; it maintains the meaning with lees awkward words "was intent" ! intended is better ?Ludacrispat26 wrote:heshamelaziry wrote:Unlike his predecessor, the new mayor was intent on improving the city's cultural diversity.
Unlike his predecessor, the new mayor was intent
Unlike his predecessor, the new mayor was different and intended
The new mayor was intent, unlike his predecessor before him,
Unlike his predecessor before him, the new mayor was intent
The new mayor, unlike his predecessor, was different, and was intent
OA
A
WHAT THE HELL IS "WAS INTENT" ? HAS ANYONE SEEN THIS EXPRRESSION BEFORE ?
Yeah, this is when intent is used as an adjective. Check here for more examples:
https://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-intent.html
You can also get to A via POE.
B- Different thrown in randomly, awkward phrasing, changes intent to intended
C- "Predecessor before him" is redundant
D- Same as C
E- Awfully written
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Ludacrispat26
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In the link, it is right under the adjective portion of the explanation.heshamelaziry wrote: I clicked on the link you provided, but nothing camne up about "was intent". i see nothing wrong with "B"; it maintains the meaning with lees awkward words "was intent" ! intended is better ?
B is wrong because it changes the meaning. It asserts that the new mayor was "different" than his predecessor. This is nowhere in the original. It also doesn't say that the intent made him different, because the sentence is implying two separate ideas:
1) the new mayor was different than his predecessor
2) he intended to improve cultural diversity
Also, I don't think that "intended on" is even correct idiomatically.
