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Hotmale Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Sentence correction

Hello,

I've got a problem with the following sentences.
Could you, please, have a look at them and tell me whether they sound good?

1) The most common way of depicting a Brit is a man who wears a bowler hat and carries an umbrella.

2) The nature of happiness concerns people's personality and expectations.

Thank you
  

Top answer

1) The most common way of depicting that a man is a Brit is when he is wearing a bowler hat and carrying an umbrella. 2) The nature of happiness concerns people's personalities and expectations. )

— Cynthia3754

  • 1) The most common way of depicting that a man is a Brit is when he is wearing a bowler hat and carrying an umbrella.
  • 2) The nature of happiness concerns people's personalities and expectations.
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1) The most common way of depicting that a man is a Brit is when he is wearing a bowler hat and carrying an umbrella.

2) The nature of happiness concerns people's personalities and expectations. (This sentence doesn't make a lot of sense to me, but maybe I am just not understanding what you are t
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Cynthia, thank you very much for your help.
As to the second sentence, I don't really know what verb I should use. Could it be "related"?
The nature of happiness is related to people's personality and (their?) expectation?
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Absolutely... I should have been the one who guided you there.
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Thank you Emotion: smile Is there any other word which may be used instead of "related"?
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I would use connected or linked in this sentence. I am sure there are more.
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You are most welcome. It is my pleasure.
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