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Lucas21c Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Natural Expression

I am not sure whether the folloing sentences, specially on the underlined parts, sound natural.
Could you correct them if they sound awkward?
Thank you.

Plastic eraser is selected as one of the greatest inventions in the 20th century. With that, people can erase what they make errors.Today, something ridiculous always happen that we want to erase with that eraser.
  

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The plastic erase r, with which we can eliminate written errors, is one of the greatest inventions of the 20th century. . I don't understand the meaning of your third sentence.

— Mister Micawber

  • The plastic erase r, with which we can eliminate written errors, is one of the greatest inventions of the 20th century.
  • .
  • I don't understand the meaning of your third sentence.
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The plastic eraser, with which we can eliminate written errors, is one of the greatest inventions of the 20th century. ... I don't understand the meaning of your third sentence.
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Hi, thank you for your comments.
This is my revised one of the third sentence.

The plastic eraser, with which we can eliminate written errors, is one of the greatest inventions of the 20th century.
It would be great if we could also erase ridiculous things happening around us.
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lucas21cThe plastic eraser, with which we can eliminate written errors, is one of the greatest inventions of the 20th century.
While MM is resting, I'll take a stab at this.
From a pure natural usage perspective, the whole passage sounded a bit "exaggerated" to me. This is the impression I got.
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Dimsum has gone far too far, and should stick to what the student is concerned with. There is nothing wrong with the style of your original concept, lucas.

The plastic eraser, with which we can eliminate written errors, is one of the greatest inventions of the 20th century. It would be great if we could also erase all the misfortunes that happen around us, too
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Mister MicawberThere is nothing wrong with the style of your original concept, lucas.
Thanks MM,

With due respect MM, I agree I may have gone a bit too far in the analytical. I was just trying to respond to Lucas from the perspective of "natural expression" as asked by him. I didn't mean to critique the concept being wrong. It was just how the whole p
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Yes, well, try to control yourself. This is not natural, either: written in pencils. It's not even right.
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