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Jackson6612 Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
Nowhere in Britain has bureaucratic centralization...
Nowhere in Britain has bureaucratic centralization proceeded with more pace than in Scotland.
I know the above sentence is correct and I come across many other sentences of this type frequently. But such sentences don't make much sense to me. And if I have written the above sentence in the following way, then that sentence would seem more correct to me:
Nowhere in Britain bureaucratic centralization has proceeded with more pace than in Scotland.
I know the above sentence is correct and I come across many other sentences of this type frequently. But such sentences don't make much sense to me. And if I have written the above sentence in the following way, then that sentence would seem more correct to me:
Nowhere in Britain bureaucratic centralization has proceeded with more pace than in Scotland.
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Your version is not natural in English. Learn what the natives are saying, don't invent or translate from other languages.
- Your version is not natural in English.
- Learn what the natives are saying, don't invent or translate from other languages.
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Your version is not natural in English. Learn what the natives are saying, don't invent or translate from other languages.
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Sentence initial negatives trigger subject-operator inversion.
Nowhere is it more obvious that this is true. [Not Nowhere it is ...]
Never have they treated us so badly. [Not Never they have ...]
Under no circumstances should you use foul language.
[Not Under no circumstances you should ...]
Nowhere is it more obvious that this is true. [Not Nowhere it is ...]
Never have they treated us so badly. [Not Never they have ...]
Under no circumstances should you use foul language.
[Not Under no circumstances you should ...]
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Is it correct?
Not nowhere in Britain bureaucratic centralization has proceeded with more pace than in Scotland.
Not nowhere in Britain bureaucratic centralization has proceeded with more pace than in Scotland.
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No. English does not use double negatives (which you have in not nowhere).
CJ
CJ
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CalifJimNo. English does not use double negatives (which you have in not nowhere).Hi CJ
I was trying to copy your sentence:
Nowhere is it more obvious that this is true. [Not Nowhere it is ...]
Where did I go wrong?
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I hope the difference between normal font and italic font is coming through for you.
When we write
Nowhere is it ........ [Not Nowhere it is ...]
we mean
Use this: Nowhere is it ......
And don't use this: Nowhere it is ....
X [And not Y]
Suppose I were s
When we write
Nowhere is it ........ [Not Nowhere it is ...]
we mean
Use this: Nowhere is it ......
And don't use this: Nowhere it is ....
X [And not Y]
Suppose I were s
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Thanks a lot, CJ.
And to you, Marius, I wasn't trying to invent anything. I just put forward my problem and asked for an explanation.
Best wishes, Jackson
And to you, Marius, I wasn't trying to invent anything. I just put forward my problem and asked for an explanation.
Best wishes, Jackson
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