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NL888 Posted 12 years ago
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Does the sentence sound native?
Does the sentence sound native?
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He noticed her face harden, but it was with the hardness of resolution, for still the soft color was in her cheeks and she was all glowing and melting.
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He noticed her face harden, but it was with the hardness of resolution, for still the soft color was in her cheeks and she was all glowing and melting.
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NL888 Does the sentence sound native? Perhaps a first attempt for a sentence in a dime-store romance novel. "
- NL888 Does the sentence sound native?
- Perhaps a first attempt for a sentence in a dime-store romance novel.
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NL888Does the sentence sound native?Perhaps a first attempt for a sentence in a dime-store romance novel.
It is a run-on sentence, and not a natural use of "harden."
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Like this:
When the curtain of night fall down soundless, when the mountain and water disappear from your eyes, when to the end of the dithyrambic evening.
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Should the above "fall down" be "falls down"?
When the curtain of night fall down soundless, when the mountain and water disappear from your eyes, when to the end of the dithyrambic evening.
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Should the above "fall down" be "falls down"?
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NL888Does the sentence sound native?------------------------------------------He noticed her face harden, but it was with the hardness of resolution, for still the soft color was in her cheeks and she was all glowing and melting.Personally, I cannot see that this is a run-on sentence. However, for me the second part of the sentence seems to contradict the fir
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NL888When the curtain of night fall down soundless,Falls down.
NL888when to the end of the dithyrambic evening.This sentence doesn't make sense to me.
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When the curtain of night falls down soundlessly...
I have no idea about mountains in people's eyes.
Do you mean the image of a mountain reflected in her eyes?
when to the end of the dithyrambic evening.
The sentence is a fragment. Just two dependent clauses, and part of a third, with no independent clause.
dithyrambic - refers to ancien
I have no idea about mountains in people's eyes.
Do you mean the image of a mountain reflected in her eyes?
when to the end of the dithyrambic evening.
The sentence is a fragment. Just two dependent clauses, and part of a third, with no independent clause.
dithyrambic - refers to ancien
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