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Mosja Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

Is my paraphrase OK

Here's the original one

Former conservative party chairman Norman Tebbit, who led the backbench rebellion over the Hong Kong Bill, has been speaking about immigration.

Here's the paraphrased one

Norman Tebbit has been speaking about immigration.

Got no idea how to digest this one: "Former conservative party chairman"


Ps. This news is so old that the original text can't be found on the internet.

  

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What exactly are you trying to achieve? "Norman Tebbit has been speaking about immigration" is correct English and is the gist of the original sentence, but obviously a fair amount of ancillary information has been omitted. Perhaps you are trying to summarise rather than paraphrase?

  • What exactly are you trying to achieve?
  • "Norman Tebbit has been speaking about immigration" is correct English and is the gist of the original sentence, but obviously a fair amount of ancillary information has been omitted.
  • Perhaps you are trying to summarise rather than paraphrase?
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What exactly are you trying to achieve? "Norman Tebbit has been speaking about immigration" is correct English and is the gist of the original sentence, but obviously a fair amount of ancillary information has been omitted. Perhaps you are trying to summarise rather than paraphrase?

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