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Can you say “what was —- a reaction to?”
Is it more correct to say “repeat”, or “resay”?What is the meaning of “I got you”?What does “as you are able” mean?One word/phrase to describe the reaction when you eat a very spicy-hot foodCan “To Date” be used with a from date?What do you call a question where you don't expect a response?Usage of “do by”What phrase do you use instead of “Nice to meet you” when the two of you have already met butWhat do you call these types of words?Why do we say “give me five”?
If I mean to ask the main causes of something, so I want to know what something reacted to, can I say “what was the war a reaction to?”? It sounds pretty weird to me... I’d rather say “what did the war react to?” Are they both right? Are they both wrong?
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If I mean to ask the main causes of something, so I want to know what something reacted to, can I say “what was the war a reaction to?”? It sounds pretty weird to me... I’d rather say “what did the war react to?” Are they both right? Are they both wrong?
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If I mean to ask the main causes of something, so I want to know what something reacted to, can I say “what was the war a reaction to?”? It sounds pretty weird to me... I’d rather say “what did the war react to?” Are they both right? Are they both wrong?
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If I mean to ask the main causes of something, so I want to know what something reacted to, can I say “what was the war a reaction to?”? It sounds pretty weird to me... I’d rather say “what did the war react to?” Are they both right? Are they both wrong?
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