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Marold Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Is this sentence right?

"To sum up, although the odds are rather against us of winning a competition, there would be many things to be bought."

Is this sentence correctly written and are these two highlighted words right in the sentence?

Thanks in advance.
  

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To sum up, although the odds of winning a competition are rather against us, there are many things to be bought. Note the changes of word choice and word order. The sentence is quite strange, I must say.

— CalifJim

  • To sum up, although the odds of winning a competition are rather against us, there are many things to be bought.
  • Note the changes of word choice and word order.
  • The sentence is quite strange, I must say.
  • I see no obvious logical connection between the clauses.
  • You're saying that someone has to buy a lot of things even though the odds of winning something are not good.
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To sum up, although the odds of winning a competition are rather against us, there are many things to be bought.

Note the changes of word choice and word order.

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