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Diamondrg Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

restatement

0Which is the correct restatement of the sentence below?02br
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00b) Not a day goes by but the situation gets better.0-
  

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0 Thank you for the quick reply. What does b mean? 0-
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0Hi Nona,02br
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00Correct me if I'm wrong, but shouldn't (a) be written--02br
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0It's a funny phrasing altogether Davkett, I'm not keen on either version. But at least B puts across the meaning of things getting worse.02br
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00A puts across the meaning that the situation gets better every day.0-
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10It's a funny phrasing altogether Davkett, I'm not keen on either version. But at least B puts across the meaning of things getting worse.12br
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10A puts across the meaning that the situation gets better every day.12br
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0No, b has an entirely different meaning.02br
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00A keeps the same meaning but is not exactly how you would phrase things everyday!0-
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0thank you nona. I see what you mean. I will appreciate if you help me with this too. The last one.02br
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00(again correct restatement)02br
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00Hardly a day goes by when I don't think of her.02br
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00a) Hardly a day goes by but I don't think of her.02br
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00b) Hardly a day goes by but I think of her.0-
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