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Fandorin Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Adverb before adjective
Hi, dear teachers. I tried making up a sentence and collided with something which made me deem. Would you please check this one?
"... And, then, from the deep inside of past years the faces come out, the forgotten dreams and shadows of old reveries ressurect, and then, suddenly, like lightnings at the twilights,the almost lost feeling of originality of life comes up. "
I'm not sure about definite article and underlined pair. Please correct the structure of the whole sentence if I'm wrong. Thanks in advance.
"... And, then, from the deep inside of past years the faces come out, the forgotten dreams and shadows of old reveries ressurect, and then, suddenly, like lightnings at the twilights,the almost lost feeling of originality of life comes up. "
I'm not sure about definite article and underlined pair. Please correct the structure of the whole sentence if I'm wrong. Thanks in advance.
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Hi, I am going to reply because I feel like writing tonight. I am not a native speaker and your sentence sounds very poetic, so I feel quite insecure, but here's what I think: from the deep inside of past years I am not familiar with that expression, but my instinct and my dictionary would suggest something like "from the depths of my past years". ressurect misspelled: resurrect lightnings at the twilights I am not comfortable with countable lightning and twilight.
- Hi, I am going to reply because I feel like writing tonight.
- I am not a native speaker and your sentence sounds very poetic, so I feel quite insecure, but here's what I think: from the deep inside of past years I am not familiar with that expression, but my instinct and my dictionary would suggest something like "from the depths of my past years".
- ressurect misspelled: resurrect lightnings at the twilights I am not comfortable with countable lightning and twilight.
- Maybe "like lightning in the twilight" or "like lightning at twilight" (collocations provided by my dictionary) the almost lost feeling this seems ok to me.
- Maybe I would say "that almost lost feeling", but it's just my preference.
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Hi, I am going to reply because I feel like writing tonight. 
I am not a native speaker and your sentence sounds very poetic, so
I am not a native speaker and your sentence sounds very poetic, so
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Fandorinfrom the deep inside ofYou might do better with from deep inside, from the depths of, or maybe from the deep interior of.
Fandorinressurect,resurrect
Fandorinlike lightnings at the twilightsYou need like lightening at twilight.
Fandori
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Hi. Thank you both, Jim and Kooyeen.
CalifJimFandorinfeeling of originality of lif
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CalifJim[corrected]Actually, I want to use "Fandorinlike lightnings at the twilightsYou need like lightening at twilight.
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FandorinActually, I want to use "a lightning"I've got a funny feeling I'd be better off if I stayed out of this.
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Hi CB. Ups... Yes, I meant the word, not article. 
Do lightning and lightening have the same meaning? Yes, I've made
Do lightning and lightening have the same meaning? Yes, I've made 00
FandorinDo lightning and lightening have the same meaning?No, but either one fits the context, because one meaning of lightening is "giving off flashes of lightning". Now that I reconsider, it would probably be better to use like lightning at twilight. Amazing how one little ecan cause so much trouble!
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Yes, as I might recall (not in exact words) you once said - the less word, the more effort it causes (There was conversation about "is").
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"Lightening", I do believe is a verb, the present form of "to lighten". "I am lightening the dough", for example. "Lightning" refers to the bolts of electricity in the sky during thunder or electrical storms. For more info: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lighten
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