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Anonymous Posted 21 years ago
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proofread it for me pls

is the following sentence correct in every aspect(grammer, collocation, wording etc)?

Within a period of as long as 25 minutes, the driver failed to realize that he was driving in the opposite direction.
  

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It seems grammatically correct, but awkward. I would change the introductory prepositional phrase to: For up to 25 minutes, the driver failed to realize that he was driving in the opposite direction .

  • It seems grammatically correct, but awkward.
  • I would change the introductory prepositional phrase to: For up to 25 minutes, the driver failed to realize that he was driving in the opposite direction .
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It seems grammatically correct, but awkward. I would change the introductory prepositional phrase to:

For up to
25 minutes, the driver failed to realize that he was driving in the opposite direction
.

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