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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Native speaker, is there problem with this?

Is there problem with the grammar here:

What took them 10 minutes took everyone 30.

That's making me want to sleep.

It doesn't matter if we fall behind schedule.

People usually find pretty people that resemble them. If the person resembles you, you'll think they are pretty.


The more you know him, the nicer he is.

The more you get to know him, the nicer you find him.
  

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The only sentence that bothers me is the first one. I would say: What took them 10 minutes ( group 1 ) took everyone else ( group 2 ) 30. What took them 10 minutes took everyone else 30.

  • The only sentence that bothers me is the first one.
  • I would say: What took them 10 minutes ( group 1 ) took everyone else ( group 2 ) 30.
  • What took them 10 minutes took everyone else 30.
  • The rest of the sentences are correct.
  • A couple are somewhat strange, but the grammar is correct.
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The only sentence that bothers me is the first one.

I would say:

What took them 10 minutes (group 1) took everyone else (group 2) 30.

What took them 10 minutes took everyone

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