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Lucas21c Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Could you help me?

Could you check whether the following sentences are fine?
Please choose the more natural wording between the underlined words.
Thank you.

Mark zuckerberg said he feel/felt like the modern graduates were bound to some specific norms. It seemed to him they wanted to become the best within the limited range that others say/determine. However, he thought you could be the best when you do what you really want to do.
  

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If you are not quoting Zuckerberg directly, then you should ensure that all the verbs are consistent: Mark Zuckerberg said he felt that modern graduates were bound to some specific norms. It seemed to him they wanted to become the best within the limited range that others had determined . However, he thought they could be the bes t if they did what they really wanted to do.

— Mister Micawber

  • If you are not quoting Zuckerberg directly, then you should ensure that all the verbs are consistent: Mark Zuckerberg said he felt that modern graduates were bound to some specific norms.
  • It seemed to him they wanted to become the best within the limited range that others had determined .
  • However, he thought they could be the bes t if they did what they really wanted to do.
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If you are not quoting Zuckerberg directly, then you should ensure that all the verbs are consistent:

Mark Zuckerberg said he felt that modern graduates were bound to some specific norms. It seemed to him they wanted to become the best within the limited range that others had determined. However, he thought they could be the best if they
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