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Guest Posted 22 years ago
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Please make corrections to my Para
Just made this up. WOndering if I wrote it right?
I'm looking to sell my White, Automatic transmission 1994 Toyota Corolla with 184k miles . She is in an excellent condition. I got new tires and an awesome cd player installed. She has never been in an accident ever since I bought her and runs great. I'm asking for $2000 OBO.
thanks
I'm looking to sell my White, Automatic transmission 1994 Toyota Corolla with 184k miles . She is in an excellent condition. I got new tires and an awesome cd player installed. She has never been in an accident ever since I bought her and runs great. I'm asking for $2000 OBO.
thanks
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Certainly, anyone would understand that, so you are communicating effectively. The punctuation is a little strange though - "white" and "automatic" should not be capitalized. Also, you would normally say "it", not "she".
- Certainly, anyone would understand that, so you are communicating effectively.
- The punctuation is a little strange though - "white" and "automatic" should not be capitalized.
- Also, you would normally say "it", not "she".
- (I know there was a thread about the use of "she" with cars recently, but I think that that kind of "personal" relationship with a car only applies to cars that you love in some sense, not to cars you regard as utilitarian.
- I think "she" would be out of place in a car ad - but it's possible others might disagree with me on this one).
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Certainly, anyone would understand that, so you are communicating effectively.
The punctuation is a little strange though - "white" and "automatic" should not be capitalized. Also, you would normally say "it", not "she". (I know there was a thread about the use of "she" with cars recently, but I think that that kind of "personal" relationship with a car only applies to cars that you lov
The punctuation is a little strange though - "white" and "automatic" should not be capitalized. Also, you would normally say "it", not "she". (I know there was a thread about the use of "she" with cars recently, but I think that that kind of "personal" relationship with a car only applies to cars that you lov
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HAve I used all the articles right?
It's in *** excellent condition.
Hwo about this:
I was put in *** embarrassing situation.
Thanks a lot for all the great help. =)
It's in *** excellent condition.
Hwo about this:
I was put in *** embarrassing situation.
Thanks a lot for all the great help. =)
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Spot on.
If you had said "It's in the excellent condition" then the sentence wouldn't be complete, because you haven't specified which excellent condition. The listener would be expecting the sentence to continue with something like "...of a car that hasn't been used much", or some such.
Similarly, if you had said "I was put in the" embarrassing situation,
If you had said "It's in the excellent condition" then the sentence wouldn't be complete, because you haven't specified which excellent condition. The listener would be expecting the sentence to continue with something like "...of a car that hasn't been used much", or some such.
Similarly, if you had said "I was put in the" embarrassing situation,
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