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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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Is my sentence correct?

0 00Obviously, this tremendous weight difference affords M-16 users the ability to move faster and carry more ammunition, thus allowing more rounds to be fired.00 00 0-
  

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0Hi Anon,02br
01span01i00Obviously, this tremendous weight difference allows M16 users to move faster and carry more ammunition, thus more rounds can be fired.02i02span02br
00EDIT - Sorry Avangi! I did not see your repsonse while typing mine. 0-
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1i00Obviously, this tremendous weight difference allows M16 users to move faster and carry more ammunition, thus more rounds can be fired.02i02br
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00Hi Hoa Thai,02br
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00Nice to see you back on the Forum.02br
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01i01font00Obviously, this tremendous weight difference allows M16 us
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0Thank you, Clive.0-
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0 There's no way I can justify this by citing chapter and verse from a grammar text but I can't imagine a native speaker ever saying:02br
01span01i01font00Obviously, this tremendous weight difference allows M16 users to move faster and carry more ammunition,01b00 01span00an
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0It could be turned into two sentences:02br
01span01i01font00Obviously, this tremendous weight difference allows M16 users to move faster and carry more ammunition.01b00 Thus more rounds can be fired.02b02font02i02span0-
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0Hi Rayh,02br
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00The 'and' seems reasonable to me, and not an unusual thing to say.05002br
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00Nevertheless, I agree with you to the extent that it would be equally common to hear someone say it without the 'and'. However, as you know, we often speak without giving much thought to the grammar of what we are saying. If I had to write down and punc
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1i00Obviously, this tremendous weight difference 01sup00allows (the) M16 users02sup00 to move faster and carry more ammunition, thus more rounds can be fired.02br
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00Hoa, You took the word out of my mouth!02img02i0-
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0Hi Clive how about the following two sentences02br
00Obviously, this tremendous weight difference allows M-16 users not only the ability to move faster but also to carry more ammunition, and thus allowing more rounds to be fired 02br
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00The tremendous weight difference gives M-16 ability to move faster and to carry more ammunition, and thus allowing more roun
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0This was your original sentence:02br
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01font01span01i00<< Obviously, this tremendous weight difference affords M-16 users the ability to move faster and carry more ammunition, 01b00thus allowing02b00 more rounds to be fired.02i00 00>> 02span02
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