Spur smb/sth (on) to something/to do something

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sondra

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Hello!

I would be grateful if you corrected the second and thrid sentences. The first sentence is taken from a book, and in the other two sentence the construction has been slightly changed. Thanks!

1.The professor spurred on by a bet with a friend, takes on the challenge of changing the flower girl's speech and manners to make her acceptable to upper-class London society.

2.The professor spurred on by a bet with a friend, to take on the challenge of changing the flower girl's speech and manners to make her acceptable to upper-class London society.

3.The professor spurred on by a bet with a friend, to the challenge of changing the flower girl's speech and manners to make her acceptable to upper-class London society.
 

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You could use was spurred on and remove the commas in both.
 

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Professor Higgins would insist on a comma after the word "professor" in the quoted sentence.
 

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"Sentences" 2 and 3 have no main verb.
 
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