Grammar help please?
Hi,
Could you please check these two sentences for me ?
A [ string / series ] of accidents happened at that corner. (Both words are equal common for the usage?)
A [ string / series ] of keys is hanging on the wall by the door. (Only string is correct)
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John Aki A [ string / series ] of accidents happened at that corner. ) "Usage" is the term for the overall pattern of use. You wanted "equally common".
- John Aki A [ string / series ] of accidents happened at that corner.
- ) "Usage" is the term for the overall pattern of use.
- You wanted "equally common".
- It is best to phrase questions in the form of a question.
- Both "string" and "series" are possible, but they both suggest that there was a cause-and-effect connection between the accidents that almost certainly was not there.
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John AkiA [ string / series ] of accidents happened at that corner. (Both words are equal common for the usage?)
"Usage" is the term for the overall pattern of use. You wanted "equally common". It is best to phrase questions in the form of a question.
Both "string" and "series" are possible, but they both suggest that there was a cause-and-effect conn
0John AkiA [ string / series ] of accidents happened at that corner. (Both words are equally common for the usage?)
'series' is more common than 'string'. 'string' is a slightly lower register word for the same thing. 'string' sounds journalistic with 'accidents' and other bits of bad news.
a string of accidents,
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