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Rommel Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Have I correctly used 'from every' and 'for every' in my sentence below?

Have I correctly used 'from every' and 'for every' in my sentence below?

At the university, Miss Williams, a nurse invited to be a resource speaker for the seminar, delivered lectures on maintaining ideal body weight. Students from every two sections were her audience for every hour of lectures.

Context:

In my country, ‘sections’ refers to the particular classes to which students belong.

‘Students from every two sections’ means a combination of two classes.

‘for every hour of lectures’ means that a maximum of one hour is allotted to the lecture for two combined classes

  

Top answer

If I follow you, you got it a bit wrong: At the university, Miss Williams, a nurse invited to be a resource speaker for the seminar, delivered lectures on maintaining ideal body weight. Students from two sections at a time were her audience for each one-hour lecture.

  • If I follow you, you got it a bit wrong: At the university, Miss Williams, a nurse invited to be a resource speaker for the seminar, delivered lectures on maintaining ideal body weight.
  • Students from two sections at a time were her audience for each one-hour lecture.
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If I follow you, you got it a bit wrong:

At the university, Miss Williams, a nurse invited to be a resource speaker for the seminar, delivered lectures on maintaining ideal body weight. Students from two sections at a time were her audience for each one-hour lecture.

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I am glad you explained what you meant, but that probably also means that your original sentence is not clear by itself. So, let me try to reword (the first sentence is fine):

At the university, Miss Williams, a nurse invited to be a resource speaker for the seminar, delivered lectures on maintaining ideal body weight. Students from two class sections made up her audience for

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