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New2grammar Posted 18 years ago
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his stand or stands

0In his political carrier, he has changed his stand/stands on multiple issues. He is not determined as he may look or he says.02br
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001. Are there any mistakes?02br
002. Which choice is correct?02br
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1i 00In his political carrier, he has changed his stand/01del 00stands02del 00 on multiple issues. 02del 02i 02br 00You could use 01i 00stance02i 00 as an alternative to 01i 00stand 02i 0-

— Optilang

  • 1i 00In his political carrier, he has changed his stand/01del 00stands02del 00 on multiple issues.
  • 02del 02i 02br 00You could use 01i 00stance02i 00 as an alternative to 01i 00stand 02i 0-
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1i00In his political carrier, he has changed his stand/01del00stands02del00 on multiple issues. He is not01font00 02font02i01font00as02font01i00 determined as he 02i01font00appears/makes out 02font01i01de
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0Can I say "as determined as he looks"?If not,why?02br
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00How about "as determined as he claimed to be"?02br
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1i00Can I say "as determined as he looks"?If not,why? 02i02br
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00How about "as determined as he claimed to be"?02i02br
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00 He is not determined as he may look or he says (01font00he is02font00). To me this is clumsy.02br
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00He is not as determined
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0 Thanks, Optilang for the explanation. 0-
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01cite10New2grammar12cite10In his political 11b10career 12b12blockquote
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0Gosh... what a dumb mistake 05000 Thanks GG.010id1
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0N2G, *I* own the market on dumb mistakes, but I license them out to special people on occassion. Usually I don't point out obvious typos, but since you'd had two exchanges on that and it hadn't been fixed yet, I thought I'd better.0-
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2img00 Yes. I always make that mistake.0-
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