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Chandrasekhar Reddy Posted 11 years ago
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Is my sentence correct?

He does not speak slowly. He speaks very fast and is really difficult to understand his words.
  

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Chandrasekhar Reddy He does not speak slowly. He speaks very fast and is really difficult to understand his words. He does not speak slowly.

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  • Chandrasekhar Reddy He does not speak slowly.
  • He speaks very fast and is really difficult to understand his words.
  • He does not speak slowly.
  • He speaks very fast and is really difficult to understand.
  • You do not need the "his words" part.
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Chandrasekhar Reddy He does not speak slowly. He speaks very fast and is really difficult to understand his words.
He does not speak slowly. He speaks very fast and is really difficult to understand. You do not need the "his words" part.
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Note that if you did include his words (I wouldn’t) the pronoun he wouldn’t be a possible subject for the is phrase. You would have to add the dummy pronoun it: …it is really difficult to understand his words. (This is an extraposition construction.)
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