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Perfect Stranger Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary

Correct or not no. 89 - bygone

Dear All,

May I ask if the following sentence is correct and native-like? I'm aware it's a simple one but the fact that the word days is repeated there makes me uncertain about its correcteness.

The US is not an immigration-friendly country anymore. Those good days are bygone days.

Does the final part of the sentence emphasize anything in anyway?

Thanks
  

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Perfect Stranger May I ask if the following sentence is correct and native-like? No, it seems to have the collocations a little off; repetition of 'days' is not itself a problem. The US is not an immigrant- friendly country anymore.

— Mister Micawber

  • Perfect Stranger May I ask if the following sentence is correct and native-like?
  • No, it seems to have the collocations a little off; repetition of 'days' is not itself a problem.
  • The US is not an immigrant- friendly country anymore.
  • / Those were the good old days.
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Perfect StrangerMay I ask if the following sentence is correct and native-like?
No, it seems to have the collocations a little off; repetition of 'days' is not itself a problem.

The US is not an immigrant-friendly country anymore. Those are bygone days./ Those were the good old days.
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It's unusual but not incorrect phrasing, which suggests to me that it might be a literary reference. "Bygone" is a strangely flowery word for common speech in many English-speaking nations.

Repetition of object nouns is usually not incorrect, but it is somewhat formal. This formality in itself may be used sometimes for emphasis.
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