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Colombo Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
Grammar in one sentence
Hi,
I've come across the sentece "This help is very important, as not ever those things are adequate to everybody" (it sounds a bit stupid, since I've replaced long subjects with shorter ones). The question is, is the grammar correct?
Thanks.
I've come across the sentece "This help is very important, as not ever those things are adequate to everybody" (it sounds a bit stupid, since I've replaced long subjects with shorter ones). The question is, is the grammar correct?
Thanks.
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Perhaps: "This help is very important, as not ALL those things are adequate to everybody" But "those things" doesn't sound too clear, and it's kind of informal-ish.
- Perhaps: "This help is very important, as not ALL those things are adequate to everybody" But "those things" doesn't sound too clear, and it's kind of informal-ish.
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Perhaps:
"This help is very important, as not ALL those things are adequate to everybody"
But "those things" doesn't sound too clear, and it's kind of informal-ish.
"This help is very important, as not ALL those things are adequate to everybody"
But "those things" doesn't sound too clear, and it's kind of informal-ish.
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The only other thing I would change is replacing "to" with "for," as in:
This help is very important, as not all those things are adequate for everybody.
This help is very important, as not all those things are adequate for everybody.
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Thanks! I think that the meaning of the words "not ever" in the original sentence was that of "not always", rather than "not all". But I don't know whether "not ever" is right (I'd never heard it before).
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