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Pioussoul Posted 19 years ago
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ended up as breakup

1font00Despite the hope that the birth of thier two sons, William and Harry, could save their marriage, the couple finally idvorced in 1996. Their fairy-tale marriage ended up 01b00as breakup.02b02font02br
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00Does the words in bold sound right to you? 02br
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00Second, would it be better to replace it with 01b01i00breaking up, in divorce, or what else02i02b00?02br
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0breakup means the end of a relationship02br 02br 00fine02br 02br 00ended up/- in divorce0-

— Inchoateknowledge

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0breakup means the end of a relationship02br
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10Thank you, Inchoateknowledge, but I'm still a bit unsure. 12br
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10Is it OK to say: 11b10They ended
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0I prefer "ended in divorce," except that it's redundant with what came right before it. Actually, the entire second sentence (except the "fairy tale" part) is redundant.02br
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00So, you can recast: 01font00could save their fairy-tale marriage, the couple finally divorced in 1996. 02font00(No second sentence.)02br
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0 I also prefer ended in divorce but finally divorced is good too. 0-
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