White for All Occasions.

1. The 17th century Irish farmer Robert Cook was the most startling figure in the region.
2. He never
   did
   wore anything but
   the
   white linen.
   Remove the auxilliary verb. After auxilliary verbs, the main verb takes the present tense. We don't see auxilliary verbs after 'never' or most frequency adverbs.
   The main verb here to wear is in the past form.
   After an auxiliary verb the main verb takes the form of the bare infinitive.
   Also notice that auxiliary verbs are not used after Frequency Adverbs
   such as never.
   They are commonly used in question forms and some statement forms use them for emphasis.
3. Not only were his nightclothes and shirts in purest white but
   even
   so were
   

   even
4. his suits, coats and hats. He became so famous for his
   even so is used to add a clause that seems to contradict the previous sentence of clause. To include another item on a list we use simply 'so'.
5. clothes and his passion for white
   although
   that he was
   Although' must be removed from this sentence.

   although
6. known all over Ireland as 'Linen Cook'. He refused
   him
   him
7. to have any black cattle in the fields of his farm and even
   if
   even if / even. What is the difference between even and even if?

   if
8. his horses had to be pure white. On one occasion a
9. fox which had
   been
   attacked his poultry was caught.
   'Had been' here seems to be a passive form. 'Had been attacking would form the present perfect We know that in this sentence is can't be a passive form, because ...his poultry (Chickens, ducks or geese) does not make sense. by his poultry gives us a completely opposite meaning. So, we must remove been    

   been
10. However, he refused
    him
    to allow it to be killed.
    He refused him. Is it ever possible to use both 'he' and 'him' in the same sentence to refer to the same person? You can say 'He did that himself. but here the word 'him' must be removed.
11. Instead
    of
    he gave it a lecture on the evils of murder and then
    1. Do something else instead.
    2. instead of that, try this.

    instead

    NOT (instead of)
12. gave it
    up
    a sporting chance to escape. Cook was
    to give up phrasal verb = To quit or stop doing something that you do regularly. Here we need give Give (not

    give up

    )
13. a passionate vegetarian and wouldn't
    have
    eat the flesh
    Without have. If we use have we need have eaten.

    have eat = have eaten. (remove)
14. of any animal or wear anything
    which
    produced by
    which
15. an animal. He had a long and healthy life and finally
16. died in 1726 when he was over
    than
    80 years old.
    than
17. unsurprisingly, he was buried in a white shroud.

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