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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

How are these sentences gramatically wrong?

1. When they lose both jobs and homes are their possibilities ruined.

2. The most interesting about the text is not what it says but how it is written.

3. He keep mention that he knows the important people in town.

4. I always thought that it must be an extremely interesting job to be an architect.

5. This will show boys and girls of all ages that there is other sports than just fitness training.

6. When I November met him in he was completely changed.

7. This is a particular good time for investing in business.
  

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Sentence (1)'s word order makes it a question. ". (3): He keeps mentioning that he knows...

  • Sentence (1)'s word order makes it a question.
  • ".
  • (3): He keeps mentioning that he knows...
  • " means that I still think as I have in the past.
  • The first suggests my thinking might have changed; the second - no change in my thinking.
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Sentence (1)'s word order makes it a question. To make it a statement, say "...their possibilities are ruined."

Sentence(2) needs a noun: "The most interesting thing..." , or you could start the sentence, "What is most interesting about the text...".

(3): He keeps mentioning that he knows...

(4): "I always thought..." is grammatically correct, but "I ha

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