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Kanonathena Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary

about this sentence

A press release is circulating around some news feeds the announcement that Blizzard won't launch Ghost in 2004 and that the time will be used to refine the game.



1. Should there be a comma behind around?

2. feed means support here, right? Is this usage very common in every-day speech?



Thank you.
  

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I think you need a separator there: A press release is circulating around some news feeds , the announcement that Blizzard won't launch Ghost in 2004 and that the time will be used to refine the game. A press release is circulating around some news feeds : the announcement that Blizzard won't launch Ghost in 2004 and that the time will be used to refine the game. A press release is circulating around some news feeds -- the announcement that Blizzard won't launch Ghost in 2004 and that the time will be used to refine the game.

— Marius Hancu

  • I think you need a separator there: A press release is circulating around some news feeds , the announcement that Blizzard won't launch Ghost in 2004 and that the time will be used to refine the game.
  • A press release is circulating around some news feeds : the announcement that Blizzard won't launch Ghost in 2004 and that the time will be used to refine the game.
  • A press release is circulating around some news feeds -- the announcement that Blizzard won't launch Ghost in 2004 and that the time will be used to refine the game.
  • news feeds - channels of information, news sources
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I think you need a separator there:

A press release is circulating around some news feeds, the announcement that Blizzard won't launch Ghost in 2004 and that the time will be used to refine the game.

A press release is circulating around some news feeds: the announcement that Blizzard won't launch Gh
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Hi,

1. Should there be a comma behind around? No. You are misunderstanding the structure of the sentence. The simplified structure is

A press release is circulating the announcement (around some news feeds).

2. feed means support here, right? A 'news feed' is media jargon for the journalists and press orga
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***, I thought I was right and didn't plan to bring this up.

Thank you all.
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