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Anonymous Posted 8 years ago
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Please explain why the first sentence is more acceptable than the second
Please explain why (using grammatical terminology and evidence) the first sentence is more acceptable than the second:
a. Few physicists will ever receive the Nobel Prize.
b. *The Nobel Prize is ever received by few physicists.
Please help me. I've really got no idea what's the difference between them.
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anonymous Please explain why (using grammatical terminology and evidence) the first sentence is more acceptable than the second 'Ever' is not used in affirmative statements.
- anonymous Please explain why (using grammatical terminology and evidence) the first sentence is more acceptable than the second 'Ever' is not used in affirmative statements.
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anonymousPlease explain why (using grammatical terminology and evidence) the first sentence is more acceptable than the second
'Ever' is not used in affirmative statements.
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