Wednesday, May 6, 2015

sentence construction - "There was only one I didn't" vs "only one I didn't"



There was only one thing I didn't dare to tell him.


Only one thing I didn't dare to tell him.




Are both sentences the same? If not, what's the difference?



Answer



There's nothing wrong with the first sentence; it's complete and correct grammatically. However, the second one is incomplete. It should be like "Only one thing I didn't dare to tell him was that I was badly in need of money".


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