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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Comparing peaks.
These sentences have been bugging me for weeks, and I would appreciate any suggestions or notes on whether they are okay:
Harry had been asking if the terraces were a match for the ones they had seen on the earlier peaks, and his parents' comparison of their elevation markers to the isometry of the western slopes had been encouraging.
I'm a little concerned about the 'had been encouraging' too, and would happily hear any alternatives to it.
Thank you.
Tim
Harry had been asking if the terraces were a match for the ones they had seen on the earlier peaks, and his parents' comparison of their elevation markers to the isometry of the western slopes had been encouraging.
I'm a little concerned about the 'had been encouraging' too, and would happily hear any alternatives to it.
Thank you.
Tim
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The meaning is murky without further context; without that, there is no way of judging 'had been encouraging'.
- The meaning is murky without further context; without that, there is no way of judging 'had been encouraging'.
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The meaning is murky without further context; without that, there is no way of judging 'had been encouraging'.
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Tim:
Is this your writing, or something you read?
If it is yours, what are you trying to say - that the terraces on the different mountains were all at the same altitude?
I suspect the word "isometry" has not been used correctly here.
Is this your writing, or something you read?
If it is yours, what are you trying to say - that the terraces on the different mountains were all at the same altitude?
I suspect the word "isometry" has not been used correctly here.
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