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OrcaDeen Posted 18 years ago
Essay & Composition Writing

Is it correct to say..

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00 I am confused in using certain combinations of words. I am afraid they may not seem English or that they form bad collocations02br
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001- "00On their part, the villagers neither asked him about anything nor left him alone; 01u00instead02u00, they kept circumambulating both his house and his shop, pointing their fingers at him. 01u00Meanwhile, with patience, he reacted noncommittally02u00."02br
002-"00 00 00The brunette 01u00became02u00 pale and skinny. In a corner of her chamber, she 01u00used02u00 to retreat kneeling and inclining her head with many haunting questions preoccupying her mind all day long.00What 01u00had 02u00she 01u00caused02u00 herself to suffer? How01u00 had02u00 she 01u00wronged02u00 her husband?00But all 01u00had been02u00 her fault. 00. Since she 01u00was02u00 able neither to find her way out nor to face people after what had happened, she 01u00had 02u00no option but to get away once more.00 00 01b01u00But, what about her kids?/ But, what would be for the kids?/00what had she got to do with the kids?02u02b00 0-
  

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0Hi,02br 02br 00I'm afard this all seems rather stilted and unnatural to me. 02br 02br 00Let me begin by asking you if you wrote it yourself? 02br 02br 00If you didn't write it, where did you get it from?

  • 0Hi,02br 02br 00I'm afard this all seems rather stilted and unnatural to me.
  • 02br 02br 00Let me begin by asking you if you wrote it yourself?
  • 02br 02br 00If you didn't write it, where did you get it from?
  • 02br 02br 00Best wishes, Clive.
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0Hi,02br
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00I'm afard this all seems rather stilted and unnatural to me. It also seems rather old-fashioned and literary.02br
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00Let me begin by asking you if you wrote it yourself? if so, are you trying to write in a formal or in an everyday kind of style?02br
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00If you didn't write it, where did you get it from? Is it a tr
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0thank you for your reply02br
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00well02br
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00What I ask about is my translation to a short story written in Arabic02br
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00And to make sure what I write is English, I ask some professional natives,Clive05002br
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00that is why I try to be so close to the author's wordings and his style which is so har
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0Hi,02br
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01font001- "01del00On02del00 For their part, the villagers neither asked him about anything nor left him alone; 01u00instead02u00, they kept circumambulating both his house and his shop, pointing their fingers at him. 01u00Meanwhile, with patience, he reacted noncommittally0

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