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Angliholic Posted 18 years ago
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the butterfly flew up into the sky

When we took the lid off the jar, the butterfly that we kept inside flew up into the sky.


Hi,
Does the bolded part in the above sound right? Thanks.
  

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It's really wordy, redundant and awkward. When we took the lid off the jar, the butterfly flew out/away.

  • It's really wordy, redundant and awkward.
  • When we took the lid off the jar, the butterfly flew out/away.
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It's really wordy, redundant and awkward.

When we took the lid off the jar, the butterfly flew out/away.

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