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Osee Posted 18 years ago
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Iowa floods drive 24,000 from home

0I would like to say drive 24,000 out of home. Any comments? thanks?02br
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00BTW, what's wrong with this world? Floods and earthquakes everywhere!0-
  

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0Both seem fine to me. No earthquakes in Finland. 05002br 00CB 010id1

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  • 0Both seem fine to me.
  • No earthquakes in Finland.
  • 05002br 00CB 010id1
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0Both seem fine to me. No earthquakes in Finland. Finally some rain after an 8-week drought.05002br
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01cite10Osee12cite10I would like to say drive 24,000 out of home. Any comments? thanks?12br
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10BTW, what's wrong with this world? Floods and earthquakes everywhere!12br
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10Be careful with headlines, they are often abbreviated in odd and ungrammatical ways. This appears
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0Hi RayH,02br
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00I also see you change the verb from drive to force, but that's not the point, right?02br
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00The correct expression should be: Iowa floods drive/force 24000 people from their homes.02br
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00BTW, I should say floods drive or drives?02br
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00Thanks a lot.02br
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01cite10Osee12cite10BTW, I should say floods drive or drives?12blockquote
10Either "floods drive" or "floods force" is fine.02br
00Either "from their homes" or "out of their homes" is fine. Although I would probably choose "from their homes" for no reason I can articulate at the moment.0-
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