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Being afraid of being caught - WordReference Forums
A boy named Jack broke an old lady's window.
Being afraid of being caught, Jack fled the scene right away ...
Finally, he decided to pay for the repair of the window by saving the money he made from delivering newspaper.
Three weeks later, he had the money ready.
For a start, is it better to omit "Being" in the above?
Second, will it sound better if I replace "made" with "would make?"
Thanks.
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Yes, remove "being" and change "made" to "would make".
Also, make it newspapers.
It would also sound more natural to change "finally" to "later".
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Thanks, Driven, for the correction.
I get it now.
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Quote: : A boy named Jack broke an old lady's window.
Being afraid of being caught, Jack fled the scene right away ...
Finally, he decided to pay for the repair of the window by saving the money he made from delivering newspaper.
Three weeks later, he had the money ready.
For a start, is it better to omit "Being" in the above?
Second, will it sound better if I replace "made" with "would make?"
Thanks.
This whole thing is awkward
--Afraid of being caught, Jack fled the scene right after he broke an old lady's window (assuming a lot happened during ) Finally, he decided to deliver newpapers and made money to pay for the damage.
Three weeks later, he had the money ready (assuming the story didn't end here I hope so )
Er, I suppose you are correcting your students' homework, so I hope I am not breaking the rules here by re-writing your sentences
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Quote: : This whole thing is awkward
--Afraid of being caught, Jack fled the scene right after he broke an old lady's window (assuming a lot happened during ) Finally, he decided to deliver newpapers and made money to pay for the damage.
Three weeks later, he had the money ready (assuming the story didn't end here I hope so )
Er, I suppose you are correcting your students' homework, so I hope I am not breaking the rules here by re-writing your sentences Thanks, nichec, for your eloquent and beautiful paraphrase.
But don't ever worry about breaking any rule here because your supposition is way way far from hitting the bull's eye.
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Quote: : ..For a start, is it better to omit "Being" in the above?
Yes
Quote: : Second, will it sound better if I replace "made" with "would make?" Only if he hadn't already started delivering papers before he broke the window, otherwise leave it as it is.
Further up the thread someone has pointed out papers needs to be plural.
As an ex paper boy, I agree.
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