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Satinmerno Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Dividing it by 2 we get/got X?

Hello,
could you please correct me, is it right to say like below example:

"The book has 100 chapters. by dividing it (total chapters) by 2, we got 50 which is the middle chapter of the book"

Please reply, Thank you very much!
  

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Satinmerno The book has 100 chapters. by dividing it (total chapters) by 2, we got 50 which is the middle chapter of the book Rewrite: The book has 100 chapters. Dividing by 2 , we get 50, which is the middle chapter of the book .

  • Satinmerno The book has 100 chapters.
  • by dividing it (total chapters) by 2, we got 50 which is the middle chapter of the book Rewrite: The book has 100 chapters.
  • Dividing by 2 , we get 50, which is the middle chapter of the book .
  • (In fact, though, if the number of chapters is an even number, there is no middle chapter.
  • ) CJ
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SatinmernoThe book has 100 chapters. by dividing it (total chapters) by 2, we got 50 which is the middle chapter of the book
Rewrite:

The book has 100 chapters. Dividing by 2, we get 50, which is the middle chapter of the book.
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Thank you very much for explaining it clearly!

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