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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary
Miss out on something
Hello! I've written an essay regarding students' participation in sports and I've been wondering whether the following sentence makes sense to you.
"Sports promote team spirit and encourage healthy competition; moral values that the children who won't choose sports lessons will miss out on".
Thanks in advance.
"Sports promote team spirit and encourage healthy competition; moral values that the children who won't choose sports lessons will miss out on".
Thanks in advance.
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The semicolon is wrong and the phrase after it could be improved: Sports promote team spirit and encourage healthy competition: moral teachings that children who avoid sports lessons will miss out on. (They won't 'miss the values'; they'll miss the 'teachings (of the values)'.
- The semicolon is wrong and the phrase after it could be improved: Sports promote team spirit and encourage healthy competition: moral teachings that children who avoid sports lessons will miss out on.
- (They won't 'miss the values'; they'll miss the 'teachings (of the values)'.
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The semicolon is wrong and the phrase after it could be improved:
Sports promote team spirit and encourage healthy competition: moral teachings that children who avoid sports lessons will miss out on.
(They won't 'miss the values'; they'll miss the 'teachings (of the values)'.
Sports promote team spirit and encourage healthy competition: moral teachings that children who avoid sports lessons will miss out on.
(They won't 'miss the values'; they'll miss the 'teachings (of the values)'.
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