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New2grammar Posted 18 years ago
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As Paris's Mercedes sports car approached her mansion

0As Paris's Mercedes sports car 01b00approached02b00 her mansion, tens of reporters rushed to swarm her with cameras and microphones in hands, shouting questions about her strained relationship with Nicole.02br
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001. How to make her arrival more dramatic? In other words, what would be a more dramatic word or phrase to replace approach?02br
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002. Are there any mistakes?02br
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02br 001--01i 00 Neared02i 00? 01i 00Pulled up to02i 00? 0-

— Mister Micawber

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001--01i00 Neared02i00? 01i00Pulled up to02i00? There's not much you can do to make a car in a driveway dramatic.02br
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00As Paris's 01b00Mercedes approached 02b00her mansion, tens of reporters 01b00rushed her02b00 with cam
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0MM, can I say "rush TO her" instead? I'm don't feel comfortable with "rush her" as it sounds like the reporters were taking her somewhere in a hurry instead of approaching her at a fast pace.0-
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00Your fears are unfounded. It is common phraseology. 0-
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0MM, thanks again. But I still don't quite understand the meaning of 'rush her'. It seems like it has a couple of meanings.02br
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00 Rescuers 01b00rushed her02b00 to the nearest emergency medical station, but a doctor at Dongqi Hospital realized she had stopped breathing before 01b00her02b00 01b00.02b02br
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01cite10New2grammar12cite10As Paris's Mercedes sports car 11b10approached12b10 her mansion,11font10 tens of 12font10reporters rushed to swarm her with cameras and microphones in hands, shouting questions about her strained relationship with Nicole.12br
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00Yes. It also means they approached her in a hurry. 0-
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0CB, I have no problem with your suggestion. In fact, it sounds good. I wonder what's wrong with tens of02br
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00Thanks, MM.0-
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01cite10New2grammar12cite10 I wonder what's wrong with tens of12br
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10It's unidiomatic.02br
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