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Is this sentence correct:
"It was a quick eartquake, so I didn't really feel afraid, but if the ground beneath my feet had been shaking for more than 20 seconds, I most certainly might have paniced."
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Christine Christie It was a quick eart h quake, so I didn't really feel afraid, but if the ground beneath my feet had been shaking for more than 20 seconds, I most certainly might have panic k ed. OK, but see my (slightly different) version below. It wasn't a strong earthquake, so I didn't really feel afraid, but if the ground beneath my feet had shaken for more than 20 seconds, I most certainly would have panicked.
- Christine Christie It was a quick eart h quake, so I didn't really feel afraid, but if the ground beneath my feet had been shaking for more than 20 seconds, I most certainly might have panic k ed.
- OK, but see my (slightly different) version below.
- It wasn't a strong earthquake, so I didn't really feel afraid, but if the ground beneath my feet had shaken for more than 20 seconds, I most certainly would have panicked.
- 'beneath my feet' is redundant with 'ground', but it's a fairly harmless redundancy.
- At the end there I would not combine 'most certainly' with 'might', which indicates uncertainty.
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Christine ChristieIt was a quick earthquake, so I didn't really feel afraid, but if the ground beneath my feet had been shaking for more than 20 seconds, I most certainly might have panicked.
OK, but see my (slightly different) version below.
It wasn't a strong ea
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