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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
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Sentence correction
Which sentence is the correct one:
I can't handle the juicing diet, I need to eat a real food.
I can't handle the juicing diet, I need a real food to eat.
I can't handle the juicing diet, I need to eat a real food.
I can't handle the juicing diet, I need a real food to eat.
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"a real food" is wrong since "food" is uncountable in this case. These are both possible: I can't handle the juicing diet; I need to eat real food. I can't handle the juicing diet; I need real food to eat.
- "a real food" is wrong since "food" is uncountable in this case.
- These are both possible: I can't handle the juicing diet; I need to eat real food.
- I can't handle the juicing diet; I need real food to eat.
- Strictly speaking your sentences are incorrectly punctuated (comma splices), although they are not especially bad examples.
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"a real food" is wrong since "food" is uncountable in this case. These are both possible:
I can't handle the juicing diet; I need to eat real food.
I can't handle the juicing diet; I need real food to eat.
Strictly speaking your sentences are incorrectly punctuated (comma splices), although they are not especially bad examples.
I can't handle the juicing diet; I need to eat real food.
I can't handle the juicing diet; I need real food to eat.
Strictly speaking your sentences are incorrectly punctuated (comma splices), although they are not especially bad examples.
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Thank you so much. So after your revision they are now correctly punctuated?
Also, I think the second example, I need real food to eat, sounds wrong and not natural. Do you prefer one over the other?
Also, I think the second example, I need real food to eat, sounds wrong and not natural. Do you prefer one over the other?
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AnonymousSo after your revision they are now correctly punctuated?Yes. However, many people would probably not notice an error in the originals. In cases like yours, where the two clauses are contrasting, what is technically a comma splice often does not appear like a glaring error.
Anonymous I need real food to eat, sounds wrong
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Thank you. What about if I used a full-stop instead: I can't handle the juicing diet. I need to eat real food.
Would that be error free as well?
Would that be error free as well?
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AnonymousThank you. What about if I used a full-stop instead: I can't handle the juicing diet. I need to eat real food.Would that be error free as well?Yes, you can use a full stop, a semicolon, or a dash.
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