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KhoshtipMan Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Grammar

Does the sentence below have any grammatical issue?

Bravo America for your democracy; your police kills the black people (because they are black) each one after another just like wild dogs when they attack and eat defenceless deer alive. 
  

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Bravo , America for your democracy; your police kill s the black people (because they are black) each one after another , just like wild dogs when they attack and eat defenceless deer alive.

  • Bravo , America for your democracy; your police kill s the black people (because they are black) each one after another , just like wild dogs when they attack and eat defenceless deer alive.
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Bravo, America for your democracy; your police kills the black people (because they are black) each one after another, just like wild dogs when they attack and eat defenceless deer alive.
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KhoshtipManthe black people
Don't use "the" because you are speaking generally and therefore, not mentioning any particular black people.
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Thanks for the answers. I need more replies about that.
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KhoshtipManBravo America for your democracy; your police kills the black people (because they are black) each one after another just like wild dogs when they attack and eat defenceless deer alive.
I would rephrase thus:

Bravo, America, for your democracy; your police kill black people one after another because they are black, just like wil
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CalifJimI'm not convinced that the wild-dogs-and-deer simile is very effective.
And what would you you say?
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My opinion:
The black people [Optional using of the]
each one after [correct but it may be (more) natural to omit each]
I also choose defenceless because I prefer BrE
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KhoshtipManThe black people [Optional using of the]
As you are presumably talking about black people in general, the use of the definite article is not natural.
KhoshtipManeach one after [correct but it may be (more) natural to omit each]
... each one after ... is neither natural nor correct.
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KhoshtipMan CalifJimI'm not convinced that the wild-dogs-and-deer simile is very effective.And what would you you say?
I would leave it out and not say "like" anything.

CJ
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Thanks guys for the answers.
CalifJimI would leave it out and not say "like" anything.
Unfortunately, what I said is true. And I added that extra part because I saw a video clip that two polices killed a defenceless black man without any reason (except for being racist). And this a story that we see and hear about almost each week in America.
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KhoshtipManAnd I added that extra part because I saw a video clip that two polices killed a defenceless black man
I saw a video clip in which two police officers killed ..

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