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I saw the following sentence and have been wondering whether it sounds awkward to native speakers. Note that it is the first sentence on the web page which the link below will take you to.
Please tell me what you think after you have viewed the page.
Not only will you find the Russian language courses offered listed below, but also any special Russian literature and culture classes that will be available.
http://www.southalabama.edu/languages/russian/russiancourses.html
I'd appreciate your help.
Ray
I saw the following sentence and have been wondering whether it sounds awkward to native speakers. Note that it is the first sentence on the web page which the link below will take you to.
Please tell me what you think after you have viewed the page.
Not only will you find the Russian language courses offered listed below, but also any special Russian literature and culture classes that will be available.
http://www.southalabama.edu/languages/russian/russiancourses.html
I'd appreciate your help.
Ray
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[nq:1]Hi, I saw the following sentence and have been wondering whether it sounds awkward to native speakers. Note that it ... listed below, but also any special Russian literature and culture classes that will be available.
- [nq:1]Hi, I saw the following sentence and have been wondering whether it sounds awkward to native speakers.
- Note that it ...
- listed below, but also any special Russian literature and culture classes that will be available.
- [/nq] Are you going to keep asking this over and over again in different newsgroups until you get an answer you like?
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[nq:1]Hi, I saw the following sentence and have been wondering whether it sounds awkward to native speakers. Note that it ... listed below, but also any special Russian literature and culture classes that will be available. http://www.southalabama.edu/languages/russian/russiancourses.html
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[nq:1]Not only will you find the Russian language courses offered listed below, but also any special Russian literature and culture classes that will be available.[/nq]
This sentence isn't awkward to me. It is as about as concise as one could make it with the volume of information included. I might look for ways to break it down into smaller sentences and it could possibly do without "that wil
This sentence isn't awkward to me. It is as about as concise as one could make it with the volume of information included. I might look for ways to break it down into smaller sentences and it could possibly do without "that wil
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[nq:2]Hi, I saw the following sentence and have been wondering ... classes that will be available. http://www.southalabama.edu/languages/russian/russiancourses.html I'd appreciate your help.[/nq]
[nq:1]Are you going to keep asking this over and over again in different newsgroups unti
[nq:1]Are you going to keep asking this over and over again in different newsgroups unti
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[nq:2]Not only will you find the Russian language courses offered listed below, but also any special Russian literature and culture classes that will be available.[/nq]
[nq:1]This sentence isn't awkward to me. It is as about as concise as one could make it with the volume of information included. I might look for ways to[/nq]
What is your definition for "awkward English"? Native speakers s
[nq:1]This sentence isn't awkward to me. It is as about as concise as one could make it with the volume of information included. I might look for ways to[/nq]
What is your definition for "awkward English"? Native speakers s
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Awkward is a feeling one gets from reading it. I'm a native speaker of 37 years, too. Thank you.
Dan
Dan
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