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Sane1 Posted 15 years ago
Essay & Composition Writing

Improve the sentence

Is there a better way to express the following:

"Many years ago, when I was a small kid, our family was vacationing in New York and was staying at a hotel in mid-town Manhattan."
  

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" However, you've used the continuous for a reason... you have to go on to say what happened while you were staying at this mid-town hotel.

  • " However, you've used the continuous for a reason...
  • you have to go on to say what happened while you were staying at this mid-town hotel.
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...when I was a young child

rather than "when I was a small kid."

However, you've used the continuous for a reason... you have to go on to say what happened while you were staying at this mid-town hotel.

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