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Vincent Teo Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Moves round / around

Can I say,

The moon moves round / around the earth.
  

Top answer

Yes, but that's not quite true; they move around/round each other.

  • Yes, but that's not quite true; they move around/round each other.
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Yes, but that's not quite true; they move around/round each other.
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mm..can i say something?
i think...the Earth doesn't move around the moon...it moves around the sun and just self-spinning...but not around the moon.......... right??

by the way, is above sentence correct?
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Many astronomers consider the Moon-Earth system a 'double planet'. The Moon is quite a large one relative to Earth, when you compare it to the moons of Jupiter or Saturn, for instance, and the Earth revolves off its axis, too (or whatever the correct phrase is)-- though not as much as the Moon does. The various gravitational effects of the Earth, the Moon and the Sun are far too complex to try
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Mister MicawberI cannot correct your 'sentence' because it is riddled with ellipses.

Clever, indeed, MM!
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=.=" is it another new theory? yea, the moon is quite large compared to other planets, but does it mean the Earth move around the moon? XDD
to me, move around is 1 run/walk/move circularly another...
so that's y the earth moves around the sun while the moon move around the earth ;P the earth will get busy if run around the sun and the moon together~

=.=""""""" then..should i sa
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Start by being more careful with the English you write. Do not use emoticons (=,=, etc) instead of English, and learn to spell 'why' and 'grammar' correctly.
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emoticons can express my mood when I said that particular sentence~ probably is a culture...but i really like that ^^, just like Emotion: smile bu
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No, an English language forum is no place for emoticons-- especially from those who say they are studying the English language. Save emoticons for your Chat sites.

I welcome any questions you have about the use of the English language if you make an effort to use it correctly in your posts. Those who don't try to do that are sending a message that they don't care so much about this stu

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