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Jackson6612 Posted 19 years ago
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please check these sentences. After Dave hit the...

0Boldfaced or green-colored sentences sound somewhat obscure to me. Although I know the reason for this obscurity but it will be hard for me to explain. I have written the alternatives of those sentences. Do those alternatives mean the same 01u01font00thing02font02u00? Should I use 01i00thing02i00 in previous sentence?02br
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01font01b00102b00:01b00 After Dave hit the ball, he watched it sail toward me.02b02font02br
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01b00Alternative02b00: 01font00After hitting the ball, Dave watched it 01i01u00sailing02u02i00 toward me.02font02br
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01font01b00202b00: 01b00After I reached there, I just slept.02b02font02br
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01b00Alternative02b00: 01font00After reaching there, I just slept.02font0-
  

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  • 0 01blockquote 01cite 10Jackson661212cite 11b 11font 10The b12font 12b 10oldfaced or green-colored sentences sound somewhat obscure to me.
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01cite10Jackson661212cite11b11font10The b12font12b10oldfaced or green-colored sentences sound somewhat obscure to me. Although I know the reason for this obscurity, 11del10but12del10 it will be hard for me to explain. I have written 11del10the
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00Thank you very much for correcting my post. 01b00I request everyone to answer this way 01u01font00by first correcting the text of the post02font02u00.02b00 Thanks, Feebs.0-
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