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Lucas21c Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Sentence structure

Could you correct the following sentence if it sounds unnatural?
Thank you.

Our goal is to teach the impoverished people various skills that help to fend for themselves instead of just giving them money that they can buy bread for today only.
  

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Hello lucas21c This feels more natural to me: Instead of just giving money to buy bread one day at a time, our goal is to teach impoverished people various skills that will help them fend for themselves.

  • Hello lucas21c This feels more natural to me: Instead of just giving money to buy bread one day at a time, our goal is to teach impoverished people various skills that will help them fend for themselves.
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Hello lucas21c
This feels more natural to me:

Instead of just giving money to buy bread one day at a time, our goal is to teach impoverished people various skills that will help them fend for themselves.

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