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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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Is this correct grammar?
She is bipolar: for a period she's euphoric, and then for another period she is depressed. She is in a depressed period at the moment.
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That looks correct to me. Your use of a colon indicates you are about to launch into an explanation of what bipolar means. Stylistically I'd prefer to see that your contraction is consistent within a single sentence.
- That looks correct to me.
- Your use of a colon indicates you are about to launch into an explanation of what bipolar means.
- Stylistically I'd prefer to see that your contraction is consistent within a single sentence.
- For example, if "she's euphoric", then later on in the same sentence it should be "she's depressed".
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That looks correct to me. Your use of a colon indicates you are about to launch into an explanation of what bipolar means.
Stylistically I'd prefer to see that your contraction is consistent within a single sentence. For example, if "she's euphoric", then later on in the same sentence it should be "she's depressed".
Stylistically I'd prefer to see that your contraction is consistent within a single sentence. For example, if "she's euphoric", then later on in the same sentence it should be "she's depressed".
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