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Hans51 Posted 11 years ago
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"The flags of Korea and Italy are raised declaring the national day of Korea at the 2015 Milan World Expo."
"The flags of Korea and Italy are raised declaring the national day of Korea at the 2015 Milan World Expo."
Is this sentence natural to use? And then who declares the national day? The flags or Korea and Italy? And can I rewrite it to
1) The flags of Korea and Italy declaring the national day of Korea at the 2015 Milan World Expo are raised.
2) The flags of Korea and Italy are raised and they ( Korean and Italy ) declare the national day of Korea at the 2015 Milan World Expo.
Which one is correct?
What do you native English speakers think? Thank you so much as usual in advance!
Is this sentence natural to use? And then who declares the national day? The flags or Korea and Italy? And can I rewrite it to
1) The flags of Korea and Italy declaring the national day of Korea at the 2015 Milan World Expo are raised.
2) The flags of Korea and Italy are raised and they ( Korean and Italy ) declare the national day of Korea at the 2015 Milan World Expo.
Which one is correct?
What do you native English speakers think? Thank you so much as usual in advance!
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Hans51 Is this sentence natural to use? Yes. The raising of the two flags together is a symbol which declares (announces) the national day of Korea in the host country of Italy.
- Hans51 Is this sentence natural to use?
- Yes.
- The raising of the two flags together is a symbol which declares (announces) the national day of Korea in the host country of Italy.
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Hans51Is this sentence natural to use?Yes.
The raising of the two flags together is a symbol which declares (announces) the national day of Korea in the host country of Italy.
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Hans51The flags of Korea and Italy are raised declaring the national day of Korea at the 2015 Milan World Expo.The sentence contains a figure of speech wherein the flags are personified and therefore able to make declarations.
~ The flags of Korea and Italy are raised, thereby declaring the national day of Korea at the 2015 Milan World Expo.
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