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Chiachen Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Set a record time of?

His time is an Olympic record, but not a world record, because in Berlin in 2009 he set a record time of 9.58.
  

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Yes, that suggests the record he set in Berlin is the world record .

  • Yes, that suggests the record he set in Berlin is the world record .
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Yes, that suggests the record he set in Berlin is the world record.
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Thank you, Shawn79. More questions from this: He breaks world record in time of 9.58 sec to win 100 m gold in Berlin.
1. We can write 9.58 sec even when not writing a head line? 2. His time was 9.63 seconds, broke/beat his own record at/from Beijing in 2008?
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chiachen1. We can write 9.58 sec even when not writing a head line?
Can wewrite...? Emotion: smile Th
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Thank you. This really explains it all. That's why I see all these APA style of '# s'.
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Would you also kindly help me with this question that got no answers yet.
I know these are true: Elephants have tusks. The elephant is a magnificent animal. An animal live for a long time.
However, I can figure out why: It is home to black bear, white tail, fox, coyote, turkey, king squirrel, bobcat and, some say, cougar.
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chiachen It is home to black bear, white tail, fox, coyote, turkey, king squirrel, bobcat and, some say, cougar.
You can use "the" there if you like but dropping the article is common in lists.

It is home to the black bear, the white tail, the fox etc....

An animal lives for a long time. (this means that any animal lives for a long ti
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chiachenHowever, I can figure out why: It is home to black bear, white tail, fox, coyote, turkey, king squirrel, bobcat and, some say, cougar.
It is not uncommon to see the singular form of kinds of animals used as non-count nouns, especially game or trophy animals. They need not be in a list. Yosemite is teeming with bear. He bagged three turkey.
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Thank you. That was a careless? typo again(sorry): An animal can live for a long time. Not sure 'careless' is OK.
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chiachen Not sure 'careless' is OK.
"Careless" is good.

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