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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Is this sentence grammatically correct?

Because it hardly gets ever cold where you live you must like summer and hot weather, otherwise you would probably have moved somewhere else by now.

  

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It should be "hardly ever gets ". Otherwise it seems OK, but I'm wondering whether it's optimally punctuated. Would the following be better?

— Mr Wordy

  • It should be "hardly ever gets ".
  • Otherwise it seems OK, but I'm wondering whether it's optimally punctuated.
  • Would the following be better?
  • " I'm not sure ...
  • I think I've looked at it too long now!
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It should be "hardly ever gets". Otherwise it seems OK, but I'm wondering whether it's optimally punctuated. Would the following be better?

"Because it hardly ever gets cold where you live, you must like summer and hot weather -- otherwise you would probably have moved somewhere else by now."

I'm not sure ... I think I've looked at it too long now!
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Mr WordyBecause it hardly ever gets cold where you live, you must like summer and hot weather -- otherwise you would probably have moved somewhere else by now.
My punctuation isn't the greatest, but I believe this is OK, and more formally it would be

... and hot weather; otherwise, you would ...

Maybe a punctuation expert will come by.
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