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Angliholic Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Second grade is no more than a minute old

Second grade is no more than a minute old when Zinkoff gets off on the wrong foot with his teacher.

Hi,

Is it correct to interpret the above as the following? Thanks.

Zinkoff's second grade hasn't started for a minute than he gets off to a bad start with his teacher.
  

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Angliholic Zinkoff's second grade hasn't started for a minute than he gets off to a bad start with his teacher. You seem to have the right idea but your rephrasing is incorrect. What's wrong with the original that makes you want to rephrase it?

— RayH

  • Angliholic Zinkoff's second grade hasn't started for a minute than he gets off to a bad start with his teacher.
  • You seem to have the right idea but your rephrasing is incorrect.
  • What's wrong with the original that makes you want to rephrase it?
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AngliholicZinkoff's second grade hasn't started for a minute than he gets off to a bad start with his teacher.
You seem to have the right idea but your rephrasing is incorrect.
What's wrong with the original that makes you want to rephrase it?
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Thanks, RayH.

I want to make sure I get the base sentence right and if "gets off to a bad start" sounds as equally right and idiomatic as "gets off on the wrong foot."
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