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0While I remember riding on my bike in the evening and playing kites when the day was windy as a child, the children here in Africa don't even enough food. 02br02br00Is the sentence logical?02br02br00Thanks0-

Tanit · Accepted Answer

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01cite10New2grammar12cite10... the children here in Africa don't even enough food.12blockquote

10I'd say it's ungrammatical. Any missing verb?02br
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00EDIT: sorry ... I didn't know 05000. That said, I cannot understand this part of the sentence. 0240hrefhttp://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=26563&dict=CALDceven was also a verb

BarbaraPA · Answer

0The word "have" is msising. They don't even have enough food.02br
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00(Even can abe a verb, but it means making things even, tidy.)02br
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00It's an okay sentence (once you put the word "have" in there).0-

Philip · Answer

0 I don't really like the current placement of "as a child".  It's probably because 'as' immediately following 'windy' makes me expect a comparison.  Perhaps:  "while I remember my childhood, riding....etc. 0-

New2grammar · Answer

0Thanks, Tanit, GG and Philip.02br
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00Philip, how about "windy when I was a child"?0-

Philip · Answer

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01cite10New2grammar12cite10Thanks, Tanit, GG and Philip.12br
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10Philip, how about "windy when I was a child"?12br
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10It's an improvement. [I prefer my suggestion, however. 02img

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Tanit · Answer

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01cite10Grammar Geek12cite10The word "have" is msising. They don't even have enough food.12br
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10(Even can abe a verb, but it means making things even, tidy.)12br
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10Thanks, Barb. Now 01u00even02u00I can make sense of it! 050010id1

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