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Alc24 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
I heard this said
Someone said this in an interview, is it correct in your opinion?
You said before the game that your team was going to play the best game of the season tonight, how close did it your performance get to that standard?
Many thanks
You said before the game that your team was going to play the best game of the season tonight, how close did it your performance get to that standard?
Many thanks
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It is punctuated incorrectly. ". If the word "it" was uttered, and is not simply a transcription error, and it is desired to represent this verbatim in the transcription, then something needs to be done to show the speaker's fumble or change of mind, such as: How close did it ...
- It is punctuated incorrectly.
- ".
- If the word "it" was uttered, and is not simply a transcription error, and it is desired to represent this verbatim in the transcription, then something needs to be done to show the speaker's fumble or change of mind, such as: How close did it ...
- your performance get to that standard?
- (By the way, your question is also incorrectly punctuated in a similar way.
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It is punctuated incorrectly. A new sentence should begin at "How ...".
If the word "it" was uttered, and is not simply a transcription error, and it is desired to represent this verbatim in the transcription, then something needs to be done to show the speaker's fumble or change of mind, such as:
How close did it ... your performance get to that standard?
(By the way, y
If the word "it" was uttered, and is not simply a transcription error, and it is desired to represent this verbatim in the transcription, then something needs to be done to show the speaker's fumble or change of mind, such as:
How close did it ... your performance get to that standard?
(By the way, y
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