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Anonymous Posted 6 years ago
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Is this sentence correct

I am here on vacation, this is my first time to States.

  

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anonymous Is this sentence correct I am here on vacation, this is my first time to States. Not quite. You could say: I am here on vacation, this is my first time in the States.

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  • anonymous Is this sentence correct I am here on vacation, this is my first time to States.
  • Not quite.
  • You could say: I am here on vacation, this is my first time in the States.
  • I am here on vacation, this is my first visit to the States.
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anonymousIs this sentence correct I am here on vacation, this is my first time to States.

Not quite. You could say:

I am here on vacation, this is my first time in the States.

I am here on vacation, this is my first visit to the States.

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anonymousI am here on vacation, this is my first time to in the States.

This has the mistake called "a comma splice". You cannot connect two independent clauses with only a comma.

There are three ways to correct a comma splice:

1) Write it as two se

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