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Descriptive phrases
Will you help me understand the following sentences correctly?
I intended to write my mother a beautiful letter full of descriptive phrases and no split infinitives. I intended to write her every day.
The narrator "I" is a 13-year old boy.
Does "descriptive "here mean "describing well or vividly"?
I intended to write my mother a beautiful letter full of descriptive phrases and no split infinitives. I intended to write her every day.
The narrator "I" is a 13-year old boy.
Does "descriptive "here mean "describing well or vividly"?
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masahiko wrote on 25 May 2004: [nq:1]Will you help me understand the following sentences correctly? I intended to write my mother a beautiful letter full of ... write her every day.
- masahiko wrote on 25 May 2004: [nq:1]Will you help me understand the following sentences correctly?
- I intended to write my mother a beautiful letter full of ...
- write her every day.
- The narrator "I" is a 13-year old boy.
- [/nq] Not necessarily, but that was probably the young writer's intention.
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masahiko wrote on 25 May 2004:
[nq:1]Will you help me understand the following sentences correctly? I intended to write my mother a beautiful letter full of ... write her every day. The narrator "I" is a 13-year old boy. Does "descriptive "here mean "describing well or vividly"?[/nq]
Not necessarily, but that was probably the young writer's intention. After all, who wants to write poor and
[nq:1]Will you help me understand the following sentences correctly? I intended to write my mother a beautiful letter full of ... write her every day. The narrator "I" is a 13-year old boy. Does "descriptive "here mean "describing well or vividly"?[/nq]
Not necessarily, but that was probably the young writer's intention. After all, who wants to write poor and
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[nq:1]Will you help me understand the following sentences correctly? I intended to write my mother a beautiful letter full of ... write her every day. The narrator "I" is a 13-year old boy. Does "descriptive "here mean "describing well or vividly"?[/nq]
Since your question has been answered, here's something else- He should have said 'full of descriptive phrases, with no split infinitives'. It
Since your question has been answered, here's something else- He should have said 'full of descriptive phrases, with no split infinitives'. It
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[nq:2]Will you help me understand the following sentences correctly? I ... old boy. Does "descriptive "here mean "describing well or vividly"?[/nq]
[nq:1]Since your question has been answered, here's something else- He should have said 'full of descriptive phrases, with no split ... split infinitives. It can't be full of any split infinitives, given there isn't such a thing. At least in Englis
[nq:1]Since your question has been answered, here's something else- He should have said 'full of descriptive phrases, with no split ... split infinitives. It can't be full of any split infinitives, given there isn't such a thing. At least in Englis
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[nq:1]It can't be full of any split infinitives, given there isn't such a thing. At least in English.[/nq]
That red herring of yours is a bit stale, isn't it, Dylan?
Mike.
That red herring of yours is a bit stale, isn't it, Dylan?
Mike.
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[nq:1]Will you help me understand the following sentences correctly? I intended to write my mother a beautiful letter full of ... write her every day. The narrator "I" is a 13-year old boy. Does "descriptive "here mean "describing well or vividly"?[/nq]
More or less. As I recall, in my childhood I was taught to "use descriptive phrases" in writing instead of writing as baldly as children usual
More or less. As I recall, in my childhood I was taught to "use descriptive phrases" in writing instead of writing as baldly as children usual
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