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Englishfan25 Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
Could anyone correct this sentence,please!
Hi all,
Is the following sentence a correct sentence ?
"I know this girl to be in this street for some 30 days.Before that who knows for how long she has been here ?".
Is this how a native speaker would say if he wants to say the same ?
Is the following sentence a correct sentence ?
"I know this girl to be in this street for some 30 days.Before that who knows for how long she has been here ?".
Is this how a native speaker would say if he wants to say the same ?
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Actually, it's two grammatically correct sentences, but probably not how a native speaker would say it. It's hard to determine exactly what you mean, but one possible reading of it would go like this in American English: I know she's been living on this street for about a month, but who knows how long she lived there before that. If the question is not just rhetorical, but a true request for information, it would be done a little differently.
- Actually, it's two grammatically correct sentences, but probably not how a native speaker would say it.
- It's hard to determine exactly what you mean, but one possible reading of it would go like this in American English: I know she's been living on this street for about a month, but who knows how long she lived there before that.
- If the question is not just rhetorical, but a true request for information, it would be done a little differently.
- I know that she's lived on this street for about a month.
- Does anybody know how long she lived there before that?
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Actually, it's two grammatically correct sentences, but probably not how a native speaker would say it.
It's hard to determine exactly what you mean, but one possible reading of it would go like this in American English:
I know she's been living on this street for about a month, but who knows how long she lived there before that.
If the question is not just rhetor
It's hard to determine exactly what you mean, but one possible reading of it would go like this in American English:
I know she's been living on this street for about a month, but who knows how long she lived there before that.
If the question is not just rhetor
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Yes,you are right it is actually two sentences. I am not good with punctuations and all. I would take the first one of your suggestions as it closely matches to what I wanted to say. Thanks for the help !
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