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Rommel Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Are the given sentences on genuine love grammatically OK?

Are all the sentences below on genuine love grammatically OK?

Genuine love doesn't happen in the blink of an eye but grows far stronger with time.
Genuine love doesn't happen in the blink of an eye; instead, it grows far stronger with time.
Genuine love doesn't happen in the blink of an eye, but it grows far stronger with time.
  

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Rommel Are all the sentences below on genuine love grammatically OK? Yes.

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  • Rommel Are all the sentences below on genuine love grammatically OK?
  • Yes.
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RommelAre all the sentences below on genuine love grammatically OK?
Yes.
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They're fine. Are you saying that genuine love requires time to grow? Because you don't quite say that.
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Yes, that's what I mean, deadrat. So can I also say Genuine love doesn't happen in the blink of an eye but requires time to grow? Can I add the expression far stronger after the word grow in this revised sentence?
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You're not exactly a romantic, are you? Whatever happened to love at first sight?

Your revision is fine, but adding "far stronger" is problematical. Far stronger than what? I can guess that you mean that mere infatuation can happen in an instant, but not true love, which takes time to grow into something far stronger than infatuation. But you don't quite say that.

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