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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
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Noun or nouns presumed to be there?
Hi. Are they correct? Please note the underlined parts. Thank you in advance for your help.
1. Between the two, he paid more attention to the tall person and not the short.
2. His talk has focused on the spiritual people, not the worldly.
1. Between the two, he paid more attention to the tall person and not the short.
2. His talk has focused on the spiritual people, not the worldly.
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1. “Between the two, he paid more attention to the tall person than to the short. ) 2.
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- “Between the two, he paid more attention to the tall person than to the short.
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- His talk focused on the spiritual people, not the worldly.
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1. “Between the two, he paid more attention to the tall person than to the short.
(In a comparison “more” and “than” are a pair.)
2. His talk focused on the spiritual people, not the worldly.
(Using the perfect present is unusual, so I would not include “has” unless necessary to the rest of the text.)
(In a comparison “more” and “than” are a pair.)
2. His talk focused on the spiritual people, not the worldly.
(Using the perfect present is unusual, so I would not include “has” unless necessary to the rest of the text.)
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Hi. Thank you. I saw your corrections. Are these correct? Thank you in advance again for your help.
1. Between John and Joe, he paid more attention to John.
2. Between John and Joe, John was faster.
1. Between John and Joe, he paid more attention to John.
2. Between John and Joe, John was faster.
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