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Antonia Posted 21 years ago
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Hello everybody!
Can you tell me please if this sentence is grammatically correct?
However, it is stressed that not all people, or sometimes even states or business organizations tend to negotiate/are willing to negotiate.
Thank you
Can you tell me please if this sentence is grammatically correct?
However, it is stressed that not all people, or sometimes even states or business organizations tend to negotiate/are willing to negotiate.
Thank you
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I might punctuate it a little differently, Antonia. 'However, it is stressed that not all people- sometimes not even states, or business organizations tend to negotiate/are willing to negotiate.
- I might punctuate it a little differently, Antonia.
- 'However, it is stressed that not all people- sometimes not even states, or business organizations tend to negotiate/are willing to negotiate.
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I might punctuate it a little differently, Antonia.
'However, it is stressed that not all people-sometimes not even states, or business organizations tend to negotiate/are willing to negotiate.
'However, it is stressed that not all people-
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Dear Antonia,
If the speaker wants to give his own opinion, it is «It is to be stressed that not all people» or «It should be stressed that not all people».
If the speaker wants to refer to someone else's opinion, it may be correct. «It is stressed in the article that not all people blah blah blah.»
Kind regards
If the speaker wants to give his own opinion, it is «It is to be stressed that not all people» or «It should be stressed that not all people».
If the speaker wants to refer to someone else's opinion, it may be correct. «It is stressed in the article that not all people blah blah blah.»
Kind regards
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Hi guys,
My reservation about the punctuation concerns the use of slashes (/). I'd strongly recommend ... tend to negotiate or are willing to negotiate ...
Consider how such a sentence would be spoken.
Best wishes, Clive
My reservation about the punctuation concerns the use of slashes (/). I'd strongly recommend ... tend to negotiate or are willing to negotiate ...
Consider how such a sentence would be spoken.
Best wishes, Clive
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Hi Goldmund,
Do you know the source from which comes your interesting signature-quotation?
Do you know the source from which comes your interesting signature-quotation?
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Hello everybody,
thank you for your suggestions. Goldmund, I don't know whether the author quotes somebody else or if this is her opinion. I cannot see that from the context. But if I had to chose I would say that she quotes earlier scientific works. Thank you all for such prompt answers
thank you for your suggestions. Goldmund, I don't know whether the author quotes somebody else or if this is her opinion. I cannot see that from the context. But if I had to chose I would say that she quotes earlier scientific works. Thank you all for such prompt answers
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Dear Davkett,
It is a quotation from the philosopher Heraclitus.
Kind regards
Goldmund
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Hi Goldmund,
I knew that much because you credit him in your signature line. I'm asking about the particular work by Heraclitus. Do you know it?
I knew that much because you credit him in your signature line. I'm asking about the particular work by Heraclitus. Do you know it?
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Dear Davkett,
I am sorry.
It is a fragment. He survives only as fragments. I do not remember what number frgament
I am sorry.
It is a fragment. He survives only as fragments. I do not remember what number frgament
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Hi,
The translation by Prof. William Harris of Middlebury College cites the number 111 for the English version, 59 for the original Greek.
The Web is a wonderful resource, isn't it?
Clive
The translation by Prof. William Harris of Middlebury College cites the number 111 for the English version, 59 for the original Greek.
The Web is a wonderful resource, isn't it?
Clive
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Hello Antonia
Merely as a supplement to previous posts:
1. However, it is stressed that not all people, or sometimes even states or business organizations tend to negotiate.
2. However, it is stressed that not all people, or sometimes even states or business organizations are willing to negotiate.
#1 doesn't seem possible to me, unless 'negotiate' has an object.
Merely as a supplement to previous posts:
1. However, it is stressed that not all people, or sometimes even states or business organizations tend to negotiate.
2. However, it is stressed that not all people, or sometimes even states or business organizations are willing to negotiate.
#1 doesn't seem possible to me, unless 'negotiate' has an object.
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