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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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"02br 00If you want a description of what comets are and what meteors are then I would suggest using Google. You will find many pages of description for each. 0-

— RayH

  • "02br 00If you want a description of what comets are and what meteors are then I would suggest using Google.
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01cite10Anonymous12cite10 can I ask whats difference between Comet and meteor12br
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10If you're asking if this sentence is correct then I would suggest making both comet and meteor plural thus "Whats difference between Comets and meteors."02br
00If you want a description of what comets are and
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11cite20Anonymous22cite20 can I ask whats difference between Comet and meteor22br
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20If you're asking if this sentence is correct then I would suggest making both comet and meteor plural thus "Whats difference between Comets and
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01cite10Pucca12cite10Why did you omit the "the"? I thought the correct way would be "What is the difference between comets and meteors"..Can you omit "the"? 15012blockquote
10Quite correct, "the" must be included. I used copy/paste on the original poster's question without reading it carefully enough. Also, I just noticed
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0Hehe - I got scared when I read your sentence after reading you were a native English speaker 050010id1
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0The old "copy and paste" is a problem for us all!0-
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0 Comets are objects that travel in the solar system. They'll come back after many years of circulating the Sun. Their tails are always pointing away from the Sun because of solar wind.02br
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00Meteors are objects that fall from space into the earth's atmosphere. The light is generated by the intense heat due to the high speed of entry. Most meteors burnt up completely
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0That's a very good explanation, Pter! Excellent! I would only change a few things.02br
00Comets are objects that travel in the solar system. 01font01del00They'll02del00 They02font00 come back after many years of 01font01del00circulating02del00 circling02fon
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0 Thank you very much for correcting my careless mistakes.02br
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00Comets certainly do not "circulate" the Sun. The image of comets flowing like blood in our body makes myself laugh! However, the orbits of most comets are far from a perfect circle. They are elliptical with very high eccentricity. Do you think 01b00orbiting02b00 would be a better
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0Hi,02br
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00Comets are really beautiful 01b01del00beings02del02b01font00 things/objects02font00. 02br
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00Best wishes, Clive0-
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0 Oh, yes! Thanks Clive. Comets are so beautiful that I have forgotten they are inanimate objects! They are almost like mythical beings to me. 0-
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