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Anewcomer Posted 18 years ago
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00Is this sentence correct? 02br
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00"Terri Irwin has tried to dampen speculation her father-in-law left the park because he disagreed with way his son's legacy was being handled."02br
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00Isn't it supposed to be "Terri Irwin has tried to dampen speculation her father-in-law left the park because he disagreed with the way his son's legacy being handled."0-
  

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0Yes, with the way.02br
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00It would also be better to add 'that' before father-in law.0-
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0Hi,02br
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01b01u00was02u02b00 being handled. Typo?02br
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00Clive0-
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0 This one: 00"Terri Irwin has tried to dampen speculation her father-in-law left the park because he disagreed with 01span00way02span00 his son's legacy 01span00was being02span00 handled."  (source Yahoo!, copied from Yahoo! without being edited, i don't know if it's typo or not
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0I am sorry to repost,please pardon me, but there're some unclarity in the answer0-
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1font01b00Hi,02b02font02br
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01b01font00Say it this way.02font02b02br
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01b01font00The 'that' is optional, but helps to make the sentence easier for the reader to understand.02font02b02br
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0Hi02br
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00so, this is the correct one: 00the way00 his son's legacy 00was being00 handled and NOT "00the way00 his son's legacy 00being00 handled"02br
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00See the "was being" and being"02br
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00Thanks0-
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0Hi,02br
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00Yes.02br
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00Clive0-

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