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New2grammar Posted 18 years ago
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0Fine, I get all that. I understand why the government had to raise fuel prices and I understand why people are upset. So, protest. Hold a peaceful rally somewhere and make your point. Tell the government you are angry, make your demands. But a bandh?! How does it help to bring a heaving city to a grinding halt for two days?02br
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00Not only is it a massive headache for calcuttans, imagine 01b00the financial cost to the city of two lost working days.02b02br
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00Can I rephrase the bolded word as "the financial cost of two lost working days to the city"?02br
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0Your version wouldn't sound natural to my ear. 02br 02br 00I guess it's okay, but I'd use the original. No, it's not ambiguous.

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  • 0Your version wouldn't sound natural to my ear.
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0Your version wouldn't sound natural to my ear. I can't exactly say it's ambiguous, but I keep reading it over to be sure what it means.02br
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00I guess it's okay, but I'd use the original. No, it's not ambiguous. I'm just expecting something else - like, 01i00two lost working days to the city02i00 means something else.02br
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