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Thinking About Languagecomplete the Following Sentence. Beginning with a To-verb, Try to Answer the Question in Brackets.A Musician Decided to (What Did the Musician Decide to Do?)

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Thinking about language
Complete the following sentence. Beginning with a to-verb, try to answer the question in brackets.

A musician decided to (What did the musician decide to do?)

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उत्तर

A musician decided to open a school for children.

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  क्या इस प्रश्न या उत्तर में कोई त्रुटि है?

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