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Christine Christie Posted 5 years ago
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1. Are both paragraphs correct:


a) "We wanted to take that journey, but we had good reasons to feel hesitant about: after all, Cape Peninsula wasn't only a far-fetched spot; it was also a completely unknown region to us."


b) "We wanted to take that journey, but we had good reasons to feel hesitant about: after all, Cape Peninsula wasn't only a far-off point; it was also a completely unknown region to us."



2. If both are correct, which sounds better?

  

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Christine Christie 1. Are both paragraphs correct: Neither. The colon is wrong.

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  • Christine Christie 1.
  • Are both paragraphs correct: Neither.
  • The colon is wrong.
  • The wording is a bit off, too.
  • " "Far-fetched" doesn not mean what you think it does.
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Christine Christie1. Are both paragraphs correct:

Neither. The colon is wrong. The wording is a bit off, too.

Christine Christiea) "We wanted to take that journey, but we had good reasons to feel hesitant about: after all, Cape Peninsula wasn't only a far-fetched spot; it was also a completely unknown region to us."
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Christine Christiea) "We wanted to take that journey, but we had good reasons to feel hesitant about: after all, Cape Peninsula wasn't only a far-fetched spot; it was also a completely unknown region to us."

Either omit 'about' or change to 'about it'.

'Far-fetched' means improbable, or dubious; it is not really used to mean 'distant' or 'r

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