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Vutdoan Posted 17 years ago
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Finally, I was able to figure out who my true allies really were and no; it did not take a rocket scientist for me to figure it out.
  

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Hi, Finally, I was able to figure out who my true allies really were and no; it did not take a rocket scientist for me to figure it out. This sentence has some problems. The semi-colon is not appropriately used.

  • Hi, Finally, I was able to figure out who my true allies really were and no; it did not take a rocket scientist for me to figure it out.
  • This sentence has some problems.
  • The semi-colon is not appropriately used.
  • The second part of the sentence switches to direct speech.
  • In addition, the 'rocket scientist' idiom is not used quite naturally.
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Hi,
Finally, I was able to figure out who my true allies really were and no; it did not take a rocket scientist for me to figure it out.
This sentence has some problems.

The semi-colon is not appropriately used.
The second part of the sentence switches to direct speech.
In addition, the 'rocket scientist' idiom is not used quite naturally.

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