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00 "After several hours of attempting to make it work through Comcast cable, the AT&T technician concluded that Comcast’s routers were blocking the service and gave up." 02 br
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00 Kindly advise me whether this sentence can be edited as follows: 02 br
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00 "After several hours of attempting to make it work through Comcast cable, the AT&T technician gave up concluding that Comcast’s routers were blocking the service." 02 br
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00 Thanks and regards 0-
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00 "After several hours of attempting to make it work through Comcast cable, the AT&T technician concluded that Comcast’s routers were blocking the service and gave up." 02 br
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00 Kindly advise me whether this sentence can be edited as follows: 02 br
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00 "After several hours of attempting to make it work through Comcast cable, the AT&T technician gave up concluding that Comcast’s routers were blocking the service." 02 br
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00 Thanks and regards 0-
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0 At the moment your second edit implies that the technician 'gave up concluding' and so doesn't make sense. " 05 0 010id 5
- 0 At the moment your second edit implies that the technician 'gave up concluding' and so doesn't make sense.
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0 At the moment your second edit implies that the technician 'gave up concluding' and so doesn't make sense. The repositioning of a comma would correct this: 02 br
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00 "After several hours of attempting to make it work through Comcast cable the AT&T technician gave up, concluding that Comcast’s routers were blocking the service." 05 0 010id 5
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00 "After several hours of attempting to make it work through Comcast cable the AT&T technician gave up, concluding that Comcast’s routers were blocking the service." 05 0 010id 5
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