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Hasibul Alam Posted 12 years ago
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Schools - long the targets as criticism and in palpable decline in most American cities - also drain as much as a billion dollars from municipal treasuries nationwide
  

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You have a few typos. Schools - long the targets of criticism and in palpable decline in most American cities - also drain as much as a billion dollars from municipal treasuries nationwide . Can you underline the parts you have trouble with, please?

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  • Schools - long the targets of criticism and in palpable decline in most American cities - also drain as much as a billion dollars from municipal treasuries nationwide .
  • Can you underline the parts you have trouble with, please?
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You have a few typos.

Schools - long the targets of criticism and in palpable decline in most American cities - also drain as much as a billion dollars from municipal treasuries nationwide.

Can you underline the parts you have tro
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total meaning is vague to me. the dash(-) before Schools and American cities indicate what?
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The dashes indicate that what is between them is parenthetical.They are like brackets. Or you could reword it like this.

Schools, which for a long time have been the targets of criticism and which are in palpable decline in most American cities, also drain as much as a billion dollars from municipal treasuries nati

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