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Creativeguru Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

Kindly tell are all sentences meaning same?

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00In some ways, Obama’s candidacy illustrates the problems facing 00our democracies today.02br
00In some ways, Obama’s candidacy illustrates the problems being faced by our democracies02br
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002. In some ways, Obama’s candidacy illustrates the problems our democracies faces today0-
  

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02br 02br 00By the way, why the plural, democracies? 02br 02br 00(Edit: my comment applies to #2. I didn't notice you had two choices.

— New2grammar

  • 02br 02br 00By the way, why the plural, democracies?
  • 02br 02br 00(Edit: my comment applies to #2.
  • I didn't notice you had two choices.
  • #1 sounds OK to me though the passive is, I think, not necessary)0-
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0Not without a 01i00that02i00 after 01i00problems02i00!02br
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00By the way, why the plural, democracies? A country that practices democracy has a democracry (system), not multiple, isn't it?02br
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00(Edit: my comment applies to #2. I didn't notice you had two choices. #1 sounds OK to me though the passive
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0A nice point raised, but then i took this sentence from newspaper article, hope some native will put light on this, 02br
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00]why democracies instead of democracy?0-
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0Hi, 02br
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00Perhaps they are talking about the 01b00democracies 02b00that exist in two different countries, eg The USA and Canada?02br
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00Best wishes, Clive0-
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0I don't find the "that" necessary. Clive, do you?0-
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0Thanks for correcting me, GG. I remember it was different when I read it yesterday. My mind must have been playing tricks on me. 02br
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002. In some ways, Obama’s candidacy illustrates the problems our democracies faces today02br
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00Just change 'faces' to 'face' or even better, 'are facing'0-
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0Hi,02br
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00No, I wouldn't use 'that'.02br
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00Best wishes, Clive0-
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