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English sentence construction

The phrase “ and I owe to her to now be working for a publishing company!” seems not well constructed to me. I would prefer something like “ and I owe her as/for the fact that I’m now working for a publishing company “. Or thanks to her….

This question relates to:French writing exercise "A great passion for reading"

Freeform Writing Exercise B2

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ChrisC1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

The stylistic problem with the English is the split infinitive (...to now be working...), which sounds very awkward here. You could simply say: I owe it to her now to be working for a publishing company.

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English sentence construction

The phrase “ and I owe to her to now be working for a publishing company!” seems not well constructed to me. I would prefer something like “ and I owe her as/for the fact that I’m now working for a publishing company “. Or thanks to her….

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