Correct sentence or not?

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Re: Correct sentence or not?

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" She nodded as a sign of her agreement," " She nodded in agreement," or "She nodded to indicate her agreement." These sentences all mean the same thing.
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Yes , they all mean the samethong.
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Both of these sentences are grammatically correct.
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This is correct. "Nodded her head in agreement" could have also been used. This is probably more obvious in other forms with the 'nodded' being replaced by another verb such as 'indicated' and the noun with 'response', as the sentence "indicated his response".
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shanlife-2 wrote: 10 Apr 2018, 03:21 Both sentences are wrong,the sentences mean that you moved your agreement back and forth. Which is wrong. I think the sentence should be, She nodded in agreement .
2.He nodded in agreement.
Meaning that you nodded your head to signal your agreement to something.
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The differences in British and American English often cause the confusion. I haven't read "He/She nodded his/her agreement" before but nodding IN agreement seems natural.
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The grammatical structrure of both sentences is wrong.
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