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00 Recently, tiny diamonds were found inside meteorites that fell in Mexico in 1969 - the first discovered that had 01 b 00 formed off of our planet 02 b 00 . 02 br
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00 Does it say that it was probably the first meteorite that had created from the materials available on Earth??? 0-
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00 Recently, tiny diamonds were found inside meteorites that fell in Mexico in 1969 - the first discovered that had 01 b 00 formed off of our planet 02 b 00 . 02 br
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00 Does it say that it was probably the first meteorite that had created from the materials available on Earth??? 0-
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02 br 02 br 00 Why not say '. 02 br 02 br 00 Best wishes, Clive 0-
- 02 br 02 br 00 Why not say '.
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0 Hi, 02 br
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00 It's rather unclear and awkward. 02 br
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00 Why not say '. . that had not formed on our planet'? 02 br
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00 It's rather unclear and awkward. 02 br
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00 Why not say '. . that had not formed on our planet'? 02 br
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0 I see. So it doesn't say that it had been created on our planet, but somewhere around it, and then fell? 02 br
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00 I thought that "off"means "of our planet" but it means that it comes from the far away. 02 br
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00 In my opinion the sentence says: That people for the first time discovered that this particular meteorite had taken its shape somewhere far f
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00 I thought that "off"means "of our planet" but it means that it comes from the far away. 02 br
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00 In my opinion the sentence says: That people for the first time discovered that this particular meteorite had taken its shape somewhere far f
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0 Hi, 02 br
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00 A meteorite by definition is formed far away from the Earth. 02 br
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00 A meteorite by definition is formed far away from the Earth. 02 br
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00 Don't you think that the sentence I asked about referred to diamonds and not to meteorites. 02 br
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00 Once again: Recently, tiny diamonds were found inside meteorites that fell in Mexico in 1969 - the first discovered that had 01 b 00 formed off of our planet. 02 b 02 br
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00 Don't you think that the sentence I asked about referred to diamonds and not to meteorites. 02 br
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00 Once again: Recently, tiny diamonds were found inside meteorites that fell in Mexico in 1969 - the first discovered that had 01 b 00 formed off of our planet. 02 b 02 br
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0 Hi, 02 br
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00 That was the focus of my first answer, because meteorites obviously don't form on our planet, but you went on to focus the discussion on meteorites. 05 0 02 br
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00 That was the focus of my first answer, because meteorites obviously don't form on our planet, but you went on to focus the discussion on meteorites. 05 0 02 br
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0 I see. I must have misunderstood you. Only now I noticed that it referred to diamonds not meteorites 05 0 010id 5
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The "of" part in "off of" is unnecessary. The word of is superfluous because it does not add any extra meaning.
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