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Lucus Ong Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Could anybody help me with the following questions？



Are the sentences below correct?
The junk will travel fast when it's down the wind.
Down the wind, the junk will travel fast.



Is the sentence below right?
There are dozens of icons there.
dozens of = many?
It can not be used before uncountable nouns. ?

Many thanks in advance.
  

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I believe the term is usually expressed "down-wind". The hyphen may not be approved by others. Dozens of = many, so it naturally would be used with countable nouns.

— Philip

  • I believe the term is usually expressed "down-wind".
  • The hyphen may not be approved by others.
  • Dozens of = many, so it naturally would be used with countable nouns.
  • You surely are aware that dozen = 12.
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I believe the term is usually expressed "down-wind". The hyphen may not be approved by others.

Dozens of = many, so it naturally would be used with countable nouns. You surely are aware that dozen = 12.
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Thanks,
but are the following sentences below correct?
The junk will travel fast when it's down-wind.
There are dozens of icons.= There are many icons.
Could anybody help me with it?

Many thanks in advance.
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Vctory OngThanks,
but are the following sentences below correct?
The junk will travel (move / go) fast when it's travelling downwind. (downwind is one word and is an adverb, so needs an appropriate active verb to modify. With a stative verb, use "downwind of" to denote a relative position: The hunters are downwind of the game. )

There are d
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