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Liveinjapan Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

more than twice as many homes

0The problem is that 01i01u00more than twice as many homes02u02i00 are vacant in the west in the first quarter as they are in the east.02br
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00Is my sentence correct?02br
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00Should both east and west be capitalized?02br
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00Thanks02br
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02br 00Not quite. 02i 02br 02br 00Capitalization of the directions depends on what they refer to. 0-

— Mister Micawber

  • 02br 00Not quite.
  • 02i 02br 02br 00Capitalization of the directions depends on what they refer to.
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00Not quite. I'd do this:02br
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01i00The problem is that 01b00in the first quarter 02b00more than twice as many homes are vacant in the west01b00 as in02b00 the east.02i02br
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00Capitalization of the directions depends on what they refer to. If this within the US, I wo
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0 How about this instead:02br
00The problem is that, in the first quarter,01i00 01u00more than twice as many homes02u02i00 are vacant in the west as (are vacant) in the east.02br
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00I'd say whether or not you should capitalize 01i00east02i00 and 01i00west02i00 depends on wh
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0Thanks, Mister and Amy.02br
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00Got it.0-
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