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I never feel

I never feel alone even i am far away from my family but that missing you feeling makes me more lonely.

Can anyone tell me above sentence is correct or not?

Thanks in advance.

  

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This is more correct: I never feel alone even when I am far away from my family, but that missing-you feeling makes me more lonely. Explanation: - Some proposition is needed after "even", either "when" or "if" depending on the intended meaning. - "missing you" is being used as an adjective.

  • This is more correct: I never feel alone even when I am far away from my family, but that missing-you feeling makes me more lonely.
  • Explanation: - Some proposition is needed after "even", either "when" or "if" depending on the intended meaning.
  • - "missing you" is being used as an adjective.
  • English allows phrases to be used as an adjective as if they are one word, but hyphens are needed to indicate the words are combined that way.
  • I said it's "more correct" because I still don't understand the sentence.
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This is more correct:

I never feel alone even when I am far away from my family, but that missing-you feeling makes me more lonely.

Explanation:

- Some proposition is needed after "even", either "when" or "if" depending on the intended meaning.

- "missing you" is being used as an adjective. English allows phrases to be used as an adjective as if the

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