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Carl73a Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Confused about tense

Hi,

I have recently decided to start wrtting articles and I found myself unsure about grammar in my sentences. Below I have a sentence with one word highlighted in yellow. The thing that I am not sure about is about tense. Should it be in past tense?

There is always someone out there promising the next big secret to lose abdominal fat but some of these so called secrets have certain level of accuracy compare to others

The real reason why I joined this forum is to improve my grammar and writting skill.

I appreciate your answer and thanks in advance

Ridzuan Kalidas
  

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Greetings, Ridzuan, I suggest that you rewrite your sentence in this way: There is always someone out there promising another big secret to lose abdominal fat , but some of these so - called secrets have a higher level of accuracy comprared to others . You need an -ed clause to postmodify accuracy. I also suggest the following improvements: the next big secret - another big secret; fat, but...

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  • Greetings, Ridzuan, I suggest that you rewrite your sentence in this way: There is always someone out there promising another big secret to lose abdominal fat , but some of these so - called secrets have a higher level of accuracy comprared to others .
  • You need an -ed clause to postmodify accuracy.
  • I also suggest the following improvements: the next big secret - another big secret; fat, but...
  • (a comma is required); so-called (write with a hyphen); a certain level of of accuracy (you'd better substitute certain with higher ).
  • It is probably possible to make the final construction more condensed by saying: ...
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Greetings, Ridzuan,

I suggest that you rewrite your sentence in this way:

There is always someone out there promising another big secret to lose abdominal fat, but some of these so-called secrets have a higher level of accuracy comprared t
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Hi Gleb,

Thanks for the answer. I appreciate it.

Ridzuan Kalidas
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Hi Cleb,

I have another problem to solve here. Need your help on this one again

Which one is correct:
  1. The types of Food
  2. The types of food
  3. The type of foods
Thank you very much in advance

Kind regards
Ridzuan Kalidas
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