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Hans51 Posted 12 years ago
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She emphasized to reporters: "There is a lot of reason to visit our country."
1) She emphasized to reporters: "There is a lot of reason to visit our country."
I think that the sentence should be
2) She emphasized to reporters that there are a lot of reasons to visit our country.
Or have you ever seen sentences like the #1 sentence? And the word emphasize is used for direct speech like the word say? But although it is possible, : should be , ,right? Or in direct speech, : is also used?
Thank you as usual in advance.
I think that the sentence should be
2) She emphasized to reporters that there are a lot of reasons to visit our country.
Or have you ever seen sentences like the #1 sentence? And the word emphasize is used for direct speech like the word say? But although it is possible, : should be , ,right? Or in direct speech, : is also used?
Thank you as usual in advance.
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Hans51 I think that the sentence should be2) She emphasized to reporters that there are a lot of reasons to visit our country. Yes. The original is incorrect.
- Hans51 I think that the sentence should be2) She emphasized to reporters that there are a lot of reasons to visit our country.
- Yes.
- The original is incorrect.
- Hans51 And is the word emphasize used for direct speech like the word say?
- It is possible, but rarely used that way.
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Hans51I think that the sentence should be2) She emphasized to reporters that there are a lot of reasons to visit our country.Yes. The original is incorrect.
Hans51And is the word emphasize used for direct speech like the word say?It is possible, but rarely used that way. The punctuation should be a comma.
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