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Jackson6612 Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary

are these sentences correct?

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01font01b00Headline 102b00: Saddam hanging will not end violence in Iraq.(Bush)02font02br
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01font01b00Headline 202b00: Saddam held to account, says UK02font02br
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01font01b00Headline 302b00: Anas Altikriti, the British Muslim Initiative spokesman, said the "sad reality" was that the verdict could mean the Iraqi people would "01i01b00never have their day in court02b02i00". 02font02br
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01font01b00Headline 402b00: "If he was indeed executed before the Iraqi people could find out what really happened over the last 30 or 40 years that would be another great tragedy," he said. 02font02br
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01font01b00Headline 502b00: Scottish National Party (SNP) leader Alex Salmond - a longstanding critic of the government's military campaign - said it was a "01b01i00very understandable verdict given the terms of the court02i02b00". 02font02br
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01b00Question 102b00: 01font00This question refers to headline 1. I think correct version of headline 1 should be ''Saddam's hanging will not end violence in Iraq.(Bush)''. Am I right?02font02br
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01b00Question 202b00: 01font00This question refers to headline 2. I don't undrstand the meaning of headline 2. So please help me.02font02br
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01font01b00Question 302b00: This question refers to headline 3. I couldn't understand this headline. please explain me the meaning of this headline, in particular the meaning of 02font01font00"never have their day in court". 02font02br
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01font01b00Question 402b00: This question refers to headline 4. I don't understand the meaning of this headline and I think correct version of this headline should be 01b00''If he was indeed executed before the Iraqi people, 01u00then people02u00 could find out what really happened over the last 30 or 40 years that would be another great tragedy," he said. 02b02font02br
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01font01b00Question 502b00: This question refers to headline 5. What does that mean 01b00''very understandable verdict given the terms of the court". 02b02font02br
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00Sincerely,02br
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02font 02br 02font 02br 02br 01font 01b 00Headline 202b 00: Saddam held to account, says UK " 01font 00To be held to account" means that the person has been made to answer for his/her crimes02font 02br 02font 02br 02br 01font 01b 00Headline 302b 00: Anas Altikriti, the British Muslim Initiative spokesman, said the "sad reality" was that the verdict could mean the Iraqi people would "01i 01b 00never have their day in court02b 02i 00". 01font 00Is this really a headline - looks more like the start of a report. 02font 02br 02font 02br 02br 01font 01b 00Headline 402b 00: "If he was indeed executed before the Iraqi people could find out what really happened over the last 30 or 40 years01b 01font 00,02font 02b 00 that would be another great tragedy," he said.

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  • 02font 02br 02font 02br 02br 01font 01b 00Headline 202b 00: Saddam held to account, says UK " 01font 00To be held to account" means that the person has been made to answer for his/her crimes02font 02br 02font 02br 02br 01font 01b 00Headline 302b 00: Anas Altikriti, the British Muslim Initiative spokesman, said the "sad reality" was that the verdict could mean the Iraqi people would "01i 01b 00never have their day in court02b 02i 00".
  • 01font 00Is this really a headline - looks more like the start of a report.
  • 02font 02br 02font 02br 02br 01font 01b 00Headline 402b 00: "If he was indeed executed before the Iraqi people could find out what really happened over the last 30 or 40 years01b 01font 00,02font 02b 00 that would be another great tragedy," he said.
  • 01font 00A comma after years makes better sense of the sentence.
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1font01b00Headline 102b00: Saddam hanging will not end violence in Iraq.(Bush) 01font00This is a headline, so grammar rules are often not followed.02font02br
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