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For example, you don’t study well, you don’t like tests, you don’t have friends, school is boring, you don’t have good relationships, you don’t feel well. Is there a part of you that finds it hard to accept these things as cause and effect?
- Should it be you don’t study hard instead?
- Is the first sentence complete? if not, how should it be fixed?
Thanks.
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tamguatlay Should it be you don’t study hard instead? No. The writer means that you do not study properly, that you are not good at studying.
- tamguatlay Should it be you don’t study hard instead?
- No.
- The writer means that you do not study properly, that you are not good at studying.
- tamguatlay Is the first sentence complete?
- No, obviously, but there is a time to construct a sentence that is not grammatically complete for rhetorical effect.
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tamguatlayShould it be you don’t study hard instead?
No. The writer means that you do not study properly, that you are not good at studying.
tamguatlayIs the first sentence complete?
No, obviously, but there is a time to construct a sentence that is not grammatically complete for rhetorical effect.
0tamguatlayShould it be you don’t study hard instead?
Only if that's what you mean. 'well' and 'hard' are different things.
tamguatlayIs the first sentence complete?
Yes, but "For example" at the beginning connects it to something written previously. I assume that's why the comment about cause and effect at the en
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