The fish and game commissioner is deciding between eating the trout that he caught with catching a new fish for him to fry What are the problems with this statement?

karthikpandian19 wrote:The fish and game commissioner is deciding between eating the trout that he caught with catching a new fish for him to fry What are the problems with this statement? At least a couple that I identified. First, its an idiom error. The correct form is Between X and Y, not Between X with Y. Second, "for him" is wordy. The way that the sentence is written alludes to the commissioner being the one to fry. Possible correction: The fish and game commissioner is deciding between eating the trout that he caught and catching a new fish to fry. Let me know if I missed anything

I agree with the explanation. One additional query - If we have to use 'him (or its derivative)' , then will 'for himself' be correct ? eagleeye wrote:karthikpandian19 wrote:The fish and game commissioner is deciding between eating the trout that he caught with catching a new fish for him to fry What are the problems with this statement? At least a couple that I identified. First, its an idiom error. The correct form is Between X and Y, not Between X with Y. Second, "for him" is wordy. The way that the sentence is written alludes to the commissioner being the one to fry. Possible correction: The fish and game commissioner is deciding between eating the trout that he caught and catching a new fish to fry. Let me know if I missed anything

Eagleeye, As per the OE its given that the only change is the IDIOM change to "between.....and.." eagleeye wrote:karthikpandian19 wrote:The fish and game commissioner is deciding between eating the trout that he caught with catching a new fish for him to fry What are the problems with this statement? At least a couple that I identified. First, its an idiom error. The correct form is Between X and Y, not Between X with Y. Second, "for him" is wordy. The way that the sentence is written alludes to the commissioner being the one to fry. Possible correction: The fish and game commissioner is deciding between eating the trout that he caught and catching a new fish to fry. Let me know if I missed anything

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