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Check these two sentences!
Could anyone please check out these two sentences if they are OK?
"It is to be avoided at all costs that the strengthened co-operation cause a fragmentation in the union. We also insist that the strengthened co-operation be put into action only if the majority of the member states intend to participate in it. "
Thank you!
"It is to be avoided at all costs that the strengthened co-operation cause a fragmentation in the union. We also insist that the strengthened co-operation be put into action only if the majority of the member states intend to participate in it. "
Thank you!
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Gramatically it seems OK, except that cooperation needs no hyphen. However "it is to be avoided" has about as much grace as a drunken giraffe. " or something?
- Gramatically it seems OK, except that cooperation needs no hyphen.
- However "it is to be avoided" has about as much grace as a drunken giraffe.
- " or something?
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Gramatically it seems OK, except that cooperation needs no hyphen.
However "it is to be avoided" has about as much grace as a drunken giraffe. I mean "at all costs" is forceful language, why maim it with "it is to be avoided?" Why not say "the strenghtened cooperation should be prevented from causing..." or something?
However "it is to be avoided" has about as much grace as a drunken giraffe. I mean "at all costs" is forceful language, why maim it with "it is to be avoided?" Why not say "the strenghtened cooperation should be prevented from causing..." or something?
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