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Diamondrg Posted 20 years ago
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1b00Though02b00 they had 01b00neither02b00 government backing 01b00nor 02b00a potential home market, the company poured billions of dollars into the project 01u00and lost everything02u00.02br
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00Is there anything wrong with this sentence as far as meaning is concerned. To me, the underlined part of the sentence seems to be incongruous with the rest of the sentence.What do you think?0-
  

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12br 12br 10Is there anything wrong with this sentence as far as meaning is concerned. 12br 12br 12blockquote 10I personally don't see any issue in this sentence. The company invested billions of dollars and lost 01i 00all money02i 00.

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  • 12br 12br 10Is there anything wrong with this sentence as far as meaning is concerned.
  • 12br 12br 12blockquote 10I personally don't see any issue in this sentence.
  • The company invested billions of dollars and lost 01i 00all money02i 00.
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01cite10Diamondrg12cite12br
11b10Though12b10 they had 11b10neither12b10 government backing 11b10nor 12b10a potential home market, the company poured billions of dollars into the project 11u10and lost everything12u10.12br
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1i01b00Though02b00 they had 01b00neither02b00 government backing 01b00nor 02b00a potential home market, the company poured billions of dollars into the project 01u00and lost everything02u00.02i02br
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01i00Is there anything wrong with this sentence as far as meaning
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01cite10Nef12cite11i11b10Though12b10 they had 11b10neither12b10 government backing 11b10nor 12b10a potential home market, the company poured billions of dollars into the project 11u10and lost everything12u10.12i12br
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0Hi,02br
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01font01b00Though02b00 they had 01b00neither02b00 government backing 01b00nor 02b00a potential home market, the company poured billions of dollars into the project 01u00and lost everything02u00.02font02br
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0 Thank you Clive, I am happy that my non-native intuitions have not deceived me. 0-
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1b00(1) Though02b00 they had 01b00neither02b00 government backing 01b00nor 02b00a potential home market, the company poured billions of dollars into the project 01u00and lost everything02u00.02br
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01b00(2) Though02b00 they had 01b00neither02b00
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1font01b00(2) Though02b00 they had 01b00neither02b00 government backing 01b00nor 02b00a potential home market, the company poured billions of dollars into the project, and the result was that they lost everything.02font02br
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00Logical flow is as follows:01blockquote
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1font00Hi Nef,02font02br
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01font00Thanks for the feedback. It's nice to know that someone reads these things thoughtfully.02font02br
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01b00(1) Though02b00 they had 01b00neither02b00 government backing 01b00nor 02b0
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