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Unix77 Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Clouds as a noun or verb

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001. Nimbostratus clouds are thick, dark gray clouds .... forebode rain 02br
00a. what 02br
00b. which 02br
00c. what they 02br
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00Nimbostratus clouds are thick --> Noun + verb + adj 02br
00But how the sentence after comma ? 02br
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002. People who reserve the letters of words ..... to read suffer from dyslexia 02br
00a. when trying 02br
00b. if they tried 02br
00c. when tried 02br
00d. if he tries 02br
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00i tried to analysis, please correct it 02br
00- People suffer from dyslexia 02br
00- People who reserve the letters of words suffer from dyslexia 02br
00- People who reserve the letters of words when trying to read suffer from dyslexia 02br
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00Ohh i confuce, could anyone explain it to me ? 0-
  

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0 Hi unix77, 02br 02br 00in your second question, I think you mean "reverse" and not "reserve"? 0-

— Julielai

  • 0 Hi unix77, 02br 02br 00in your second question, I think you mean "reverse" and not "reserve"?
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0 Hi unix77, 02br
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00in your second question, I think you mean "reverse" and not "reserve"? 0-
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0Classic! 050010id1
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0 Hi, Unix, 02br
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00Let me try for the first part: 02br
00Nimbostratus clouds are thick clouds and are dark gray clouds ... 02br
00Nimbostratus clouds are thick (clouds and are) dark gray clouds ... 02br
01b00Nimbostratus clouds are thick, dark gray clouds...02b00 ... forebode rain. 02br
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0 To unix77, 02br
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00Re: Nimbostratus clouds are thick, dark gray clouds .... forebode rain. 02br
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00Your above sentence is actually made of two sentences, 02br
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00i) Nimbostratus clouds are thick clouds WHICH forebode rain. 02br
00ii) Nimbostratus clouds are dark gray clouds WHICH forebode rain. 02br
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0 Your solution for the second part is quite OK. None of the others would do. 0-
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0 To pieanne, 02br
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00Re: Nimbostratus clouds are thick clouds and are dark gray clouds ... 02br
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00FYI, your above sentence is in itself composed of TWO sentences, 02br
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00i) Nimbostratus clouds are thick clouds ... 02br
00ii) Nimbostratus clouds are dark gray clouds ... 02br
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00Combin
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0 Temico, I can't quite see your point... Of course you can write a sentence that way if you want. 02br
00In my explanation above, I had only tried to split the sentence to explain the construction better - I may have failed 05000 -.02br
00I must say that I find the original sentence a bit clumsy... 010id6
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0 pieanne, 02br
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00I don't find anything "clumsy" in the original sentence. Here's another similar example. 02br
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00"Mr. Brown is a grey-haired old man who likes to take naps on park benches." 02br
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00This sentence can be split up into two sentences:- 02br
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00i) Mr. Brown is a grey-haired man who like
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0 Temico. Certainly, you can write 2 sentences if you wish, though most people would find this a little clumsy and unnecessary, as pieanne says. 02br
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00(I could write the above in 2 or even 3 sentences, but it would not make it better English, and certainly it would not be fluent.) 02br
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00Care to prove me wrong??12blockquote
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0 Abbie, 02br
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00Re: sometimes the use of language does not necessarily follow a strictly logical format. 02br
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00You are dead right about that, otherwise how would you explain why you "DRIVE on the PARKWAY", but "PARK on the DRIVEWAY"!! 0-
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