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Teal lime Posted 8 years ago
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After a decades-long fall, the number of suicides.....
The following sentence is taken from a newsletter I receive daily from a British newspaper:
After a decades-long fall, the number of suicides in the UK had been rising in the years since the 2008 financial crisis.
My question is this:
Is the above sentence correctly written? Don't you think there is something missing in the first sentence?
Thank you.
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teal lime Is the above sentence correctly written? It seems fine. teal lime Don't you think there is something missing in the first sentence?
- teal lime Is the above sentence correctly written?
- It seems fine.
- teal lime Don't you think there is something missing in the first sentence?
- I cannot imagine what it might be.
- What do you think is missing?
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teal limeIs the above sentence correctly written?
It seems fine.
teal limeDon't you think there is something missing in the first sentence?
I cannot imagine what it might be. What do you think is missing?
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teal limeIs the above sentence correctly written?
Yes.
teal limeDon't you think there is something missing in the first sentence?
No, nothing at all.
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