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New2grammar Posted 18 years ago
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street-sweeping truck

0A retired transit worker was horrified this morning when she turned around and saw her dog being sucked away by a street-sweeping truck. She chased the truck two and a half blocks as she yelled at the driver before the driver heard her and stopped. 02br
00The dog was pulled from the round bristles dead.02br
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00With all her children grown up, the dog was one of her three dogs that keep her company. The question is whether the driver was negligent.02br
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12br 10Thanks 12br 12br 12blockquote 10Only on the part of the driver! 0-

— Philip

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01cite10New2grammar12cite10Are there any mistakes?12br
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0 Thanks, Philip. 02br
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00One additional question, is up needed in the "grown up"? 0-
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0 A retired transit worker was horrified this morning when she turned around and saw her dog being sucked away by a 01b00street sweeper02b00 01del00street-sweeping truck02del00.02br
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00The dog was pulled from the 01b00machine02b00 01del00round bristles02del00 dead. 01b
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0 Children sounds odd here. How about replacing it with puppies? 0-
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0 With all her children grown up, the dog was one of her three dogs that keep her company. 02br
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00Hi RayH, could you tell me what you feelabout the sentence? Just so I get an idea. Thanks, RayH. 0-
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01cite10New2grammar12cite10With all her children grown up, the dog was one of her three dogs that keep her company. 12br
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10Hi RayH, could you tell me what you feelabout the sentence? Just so I get an idea. Thanks, RayH.12br
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10Well, talking about children and d
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01cite10RayH12cite10Taking Rayh's suggetion a little further, I have this suggestion:12br
10A retired transit worker was horrified this morning when she turned around and saw her dog being 11b10dragged under12b10 11del10sucked away12del10 by a 11b10street sweeper1
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0RayH, Now I see. I complete agree with you that the sentence sucks!02br
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00I have a side question. 02br
00In contexts like this where one of a couple of pets is dead, how do you put in words that the pets are the owner's sole company? Do you leave out the dead one because the present tense will make it odd or do you include? If you include, which tense will y
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0Goodman, sorry I just noticed you posted before me. Thanks a lot for the suggestions.02br
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00What do you think about my question in my previous post? It seems like you would choose the present tense and include the deceased based on your reply. 0-
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0 With all her children grown up, the dog was one of her three dogs that keep her company.02br
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00Try this, it's probably about as good as it's going to get. Not that I'm happy with this either.02br
01b00She has two remaining dogs which, since her children are grown, are her only companions.02b0-
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