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Jackson6612 Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

He is nothing in himself, someone is just backing him up.

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0It looks fine to me. 0-

— Conchita57

  • 0It looks fine to me.
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0It looks fine to me. Any special reason why you are having doubts?0-
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0Which of the following sentences is correct?02br
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01font01b001:02b00 Any special reason why you are having doubts?02font02br
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01font01b002:02b00 Any special reason why are you having doubts?02font02br
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00To me onl
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0YEs, Conchita was correct. 02br
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002) is incorrect.0-
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01cite10Jackson661212cite10Is the following sentence correct?12br
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10He is nothing in himself, someone is just backing him up.12br
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10Are you sure it's not [by], instead of [in]?0-
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0Hi Goodman,02br
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00I don't know if it is by or in. I just made up a sentence and posted here.0-
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0No, 02br
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00in himself, in herself, in itself02br
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00meaning 'with respect to its inherent nature'0-
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0 The original sentence is a comma splice - you are joining two complete sentences with a comma, which is incorrect. You need either a period, semi-colon, dash, or some other form of punctuation besides a comma. 0-
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01cite10Nona The Brit12cite10No, 12br
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10in himself, in herself, in itself12br
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10meaning 'with respect to its inherent nature'12br
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10Hi Nona, 02br
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00I don't mean to make a case out of it, but with the context o
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0Hi Goodman,02br
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00I couldn't understand your last post.0-
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