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New2grammar Posted 18 years ago
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flooding

0Several homes have been swept away in the Midwest as a result of serious flooding. A five million mansion is among those that sufferred the ill fate. According to locals, flooding of this magnitude has not been seen in almost 100 years. The recreation industry was impacted as well when a man-made lake which makes billions of dollars a year from tourism drained empty when its levees broke. Now, one can walk on the lake and look for valuables like what those metal detector guys do02br
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1font 00Several homes have been swept away in the Midwest as a result of serious flooding. A five million mansion is among those that sufferred the ill fate. According to locals, flooding of this magnitude has not been seen in almost 100 years.

— BarbaraPA

  • 1font 00Several homes have been swept away in the Midwest as a result of serious flooding.
  • A five million mansion is among those that sufferred the ill fate.
  • According to locals, flooding of this magnitude has not been seen in almost 100 years.
  • The recreation industry was impacted as well when a man-made lake which makes billions of dollars a year from tourism drained empty when its levees broke.
  • Now, one can walk on the lake and look for valuables like what those metal detector guys do02font 02br 02br 00Several homes have been swept away in the Midwest as a result of serious flooding.
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1font00Several homes have been swept away in the Midwest as a result of serious flooding. A five million mansion is among those that sufferred the ill fate. According to locals, flooding of this magnitude has not been seen in almost 100 years. The recreation industry was impacted as well when a man-made lake which makes billions of dollars a year from tourism drained em
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0A five million 01b01i01u00dollar02u02i02b00 mansion02br
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00I think most native speakers would skip "ill" (fate).02br
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00People and businesses make money, not lakes. Maybe, "lake, which brings billions of tourism/tourist dollars into the area"
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0It's always good when we agree! (I just type a bit more quickly!)0-
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0GG, thanks for the corrections.02br
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00I have one question, why "01font00which makes billions of dollars a year from tourism" is incorrect?02font02br
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01font00I learned the style from somewhere and I did a search and found the following. I agree, millions is better than billions in
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0"01b00The guys don't do valuables02b00. Maybe, "look for valuables, the way those metal detector guys do."02br
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00Avangi, I don't understand your first sentence. I think your comment is related to GG's change of striking out 'what' before 'those metal detector guys'02br
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00Actually, I don't understand why 'what' is wrong a
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01cite10Grammar Geek12cite10It's always good when we agree! (I just type a bit more quickly!)12blockquote
10It was all that tricky bassoon fingering in the early years. I was playing trombone, so I'm still slippin' an' slidin' around. 02br
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00Best wishes, - A.0-
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0Hi New2, Re "the guys don't do valuables," I'm too pooped right now to get a handle on it. Maybe later. There's something about the transition from one thought to the other that doesn't quite work. I can hear it conversationally with an abrupt stop after "valuables."02br
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01i00. . . . looking for valuables - you know - the way those metal detec
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01cite10Grammar Geek12cite11font10 A five million mansion 10is10 among those that sufferred the ill fate. 12font12br
10A 11b10five-million-dollar 12b10mansion 11b10was 12b10among those that sufferred the ill fate. 10Hi GG, just bein
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0It said "swept away."0-
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