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Idiom - "Agree"

by Uva@90 » Sat Mar 15, 2014 8:06 am
Hi All,

"There is a AGREEMENT AMONG the scientist TO THE FACT THAT electron exist"

Why is the above sentenced is idiomatically wrong ?

where as,"They AGREE THAT electron EXIST" is correct.

Could you please explain me in detailed way..


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by [email protected] » Sat Mar 15, 2014 12:33 pm
Hi Uva@90,

There are a number of issues with the original sentence:

1) The phrase "the fact that" is filler (meaning that it's completely unnecessary to include those words in the sentence).

2) The sentence changes the verb "agree" to the noun "an agreement." Idioms tend to be one-to-one "matches"; you can't just change from verb to noun and keep the idiom.

3) There's a hint of "passive voice" in this sentence. As a general rule, you want to speak and write in the "active voice" (the subject comes before the action).

The correct version of the sentence removes the filler, uses the idiom correctly and is written in the active voice.

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