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<li>Late in the war, the Germans (retreating) (in haste), (left many) of (their) prisoners go free. </li>
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<p>“left many” sounds wrong, but why is it wrong? what should it be replaced with?</p>
<p>Late in the war, the Germans (retreating) (in haste), (left many) of (their) prisoners go free. </p>
<p>I see an error with “retreating”. But “left many” is wrong b/c it has to be a participial phrase. It has to be replaced with “leaving many.”</p>
<p>It should be:</p>
<p>“Late in the war, the Germans retreated in haste, leaving many of their prisoners to go free.”</p>
<p>However, there shouldn’t be three errors. 
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<p>Come to think of it, “retreating” itself is in the wrong tense because it’s acting as the main verb.
Can you recheck your sentence? Are you sure that’s the way it was?</p>
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<p>Yes, please do.</p>