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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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Please check this sentence

So far in 2009,the new cases of cancer is almost 1,500,000.
  

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Anonymous So far in 2009,the new cases of cancer is almost 1,500,000. I see some syntax issue here. No "the" needed.

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  • Anonymous So far in 2009,the new cases of cancer is almost 1,500,000.
  • I see some syntax issue here.
  • No "the" needed.
  • Your sentence is unclear.
  • So far -suggests filed or reported cases.
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AnonymousSo far in 2009,the new cases of cancer is almost 1,500,000.
I see some syntax issue here.

No "the" needed. Your sentence is unclear. So far -suggests filed or reported cases. When you combined "new cases" with 15,000,000., are you referring to old and new cases combined, or just new ones?

If I can guess the meaning, I would rephrase
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'So far in 2009, there have been almost 1,500,000 new cases of cancer.'

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