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Fill in the blank with the correct infinitive. I tried hard ______both ends meet. - English

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Fill in the blank with the correct infinitive.

I tried hard ______both ends meet.

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Solution

I tried hard to make both ends meet.

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Chapter 5.1: The Status of Tamil as a Classical Language - Grammar- Non-finite verbs [Page 156]

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Chapter 5.1 The Status of Tamil as a Classical Language
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