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I never know if sentences such as these are okay in writing or do they sounds too "clunky"?
I liked New York, where I was living at the time, so much that I decided to stay for a year.
In 2008, when I was a senior in college, I won a scholarship to study abroad.
Thank you!
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vinkara ... or do they sounds sound too "clunky"? I liked New York, where I was living at the time, so much that I decided to stay for a year.
- vinkara ...
- or do they sounds sound too "clunky"?
- I liked New York, where I was living at the time, so much that I decided to stay for a year.
- In 2008, when I was a senior in college, I won a scholarship to study abroad.
- You're right.
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vinkara... or do they
I liked New York, where I was living at the time, so much that I decided to stay for a year.soundssound too "clunky"?In 2008, when I was a senior in college, I won a scholarship to study abroad.
You're right. They are a bit clunky. This applies more to the firs
0The first sentence would definitely benefit from a bit of revision, but I like the second sentence just fine. In the first sentence, you interrupt the main point with extra information: "I liked New York....so much that I decided to stay for a year." In the second sentence, you've put the "extra" information in the beginning, and so it reads more naturally. "....I won a scholarship to study ab
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