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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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Due to its small class size and personalized curriculum, I will obtain in-depth accounting knowledge through close-knit interactions with the outstanding faculty.
  

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No. It is grandiloquent, ungrammatical and fuzzy. A group is close knit, but its interactions are not—they are close.

  • No.
  • It is grandiloquent, ungrammatical and fuzzy.
  • A group is close knit, but its interactions are not—they are close.
  • Only a functional noun can be "due to" anything.
  • Placing one adjective in front of every noun like so many garden gnomes makes a sentence sound silly.
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No. It is grandiloquent, ungrammatical and fuzzy. A group is close knit, but its interactions are not—they are close. Only a functional noun can be "due to" anything. Placing one adjective in front of every noun like so many garden gnomes makes a sentence sound silly.

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