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Matthew_07 Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Please correct these sentences for me, thanks.

Hi I need someone to correct these sentences for me. According to an editor, most of these deal with verb tenses. Thanks.

"Fermat’s Last Theorem remains unsolved for centuries until it was proven in the year 1994."

"Why is this theorem so-called the LAST theorem?"

"Fermat came up with many theorems in his life, and all of them had been proved or disproved by other mathematicians."

"Fermat’s last theorem remains unsolved since 1637."

"Fermat died in 1665 and the last theorem proved to be captivating to all mathematicians. "

"However, this sentence did not appear in English language originally."

"For the equation x^n + y^n = z^n, Euler proved for the case for n = 3."

"Sophie German was born in 1776 in France, Paris."

"Eventually, Fermat’s last theorem was proved in the year by a mathematician in 1994."

"Which television show is it? "
  

Top answer

" ( I don't particularly like 'captivating'; how about 'intriguing for' or 'baffling for'? " -- I see nothing wrong here, out of context. Perhaps ' was it'?

  • " ( I don't particularly like 'captivating'; how about 'intriguing for' or 'baffling for'?
  • " -- I see nothing wrong here, out of context.
  • Perhaps ' was it'?
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Fermat’s Last Theorem remained unsolved for centuries until it was proven in the year 1994."

"Why is this theorem called the LAST theorem?"

"Fermat came up with many theorems in his life, and all of them have been proven or disproven by other mathematicians." (Both 'proved' and 'proven' are acceptable as the past particle form, but you used '
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