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[fmreyes03]

[FONT=&quot]Hi can you tell me which of the following is correct. thank you.


Paloma did not make it to work for, her car broke down on the freeway.

[/FONT][FONT=&quot]Paloma did not make it to work for her car, broke down on the freeway.


[/FONT][FONT=&quot]Paloma did not make it to work, for her car broke down on the freeway.

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[Barb_D]

[FONT=&quot]Hi can you tell me which of the following is correct. thank you.[/FONT]


[FONT=&quot]Paloma did not make it to work for, her car broke down on the freeway.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Paloma did not make it to work for her car, broke down on the freeway.[/FONT]


[FONT=&quot]Paloma did not make it to work, for her car broke down on the freeway.[/FONT]

The first two are wrong. The third is correct, but not likely to be said. This use of "for" sounds very old-fashioned to me.

"Paloma did not make it to work because her care broke down on the freeway" is much more likely.

 

[Rover_KE]

Try to give your threads more meaningful titles, fmreyes - such as Paloma did not make it to work.

Rover