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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Essay & Composition Writing

Is it a correct sentence?

They were childhood playmates always close competitors, they kept ahead of each other in all kinds of exams until they studied together at the same school.
  

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Hi, They were childhood playmates always close competitors, they kept ahead of each other in all kinds of exams until they studied together at the same school. T hey were childhood playmates and always close competitors. T hey kept ahead of each other in all kinds of exams until they studied together at the same school.

— Clive

  • Hi, They were childhood playmates always close competitors, they kept ahead of each other in all kinds of exams until they studied together at the same school.
  • T hey were childhood playmates and always close competitors.
  • T hey kept ahead of each other in all kinds of exams until they studied together at the same school.
  • Do you really mean 'until'?
  • Perhaps ' They tried to keep ahead of each other .
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Hi,

They were childhood playmates always close competitors, they kept ahead of each other in all kinds of exams until they studied together at the same school.

They were childhood playmates and always close competitors. They kept ahead of each other in all kinds of exams un
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Corrected sentence:

They were childhood playmates and always close competitors; they kept ahead of each other in all kinds of exams until they studied together at the same school.
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Hi,

That's fine, but please note that semi-colons are much, much, much less common than periods.

I still wonder if 'until' is right, in terms of meaning.
They went to separate schools, and competed in exams.
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