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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
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this is my sentence: This was the first 4 day international summit that has been launched in London by Angelina Jolie, UN envoy and Co-host British Foreign secretary William Hague.

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This was the first 4-day international summit launched in London by UN Envoy Angelina Jolie and co-host British Foreign Secretary William Hague. The word 'launched ' usually is used for something that is 'first'. Your sentence implies that other summits will be launched in future.

  • This was the first 4-day international summit launched in London by UN Envoy Angelina Jolie and co-host British Foreign Secretary William Hague.
  • The word 'launched ' usually is used for something that is 'first'.
  • Your sentence implies that other summits will be launched in future.
  • For this reason, I'd look for another word.
  • eg ' hosted' .
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This was the first 4-day international summit launched in London by UN Envoy Angelina Jolie and co-host British Foreign Secretary William Hague.

The word 'launched' usually is used for something that is 'first'. Your sentence implies that other summits will be launched in future. For this reason, I'd look for another

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