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Vincent Teo Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

The pizzas competition 2

Can I say,

The participant who ate the most number of pizzas would be the winner. When the competition began, all of them

gobbled pizzas up as fast as possible and as much as they could. They looked nervous and felt hot eating the pizzas.

Some of them drank water while eating pizzas as well. The audience cheered and gave them support.
  

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I underlined a couple of things that need fixing or could be improved: The participant who ate the most number of pizzas would be the winner. When the competition began, all of them gobbled pizzas up as fast as possible and as much as they could . They looked nervous and felt hot eating the pizzas.

  • I underlined a couple of things that need fixing or could be improved: The participant who ate the most number of pizzas would be the winner.
  • When the competition began, all of them gobbled pizzas up as fast as possible and as much as they could .
  • They looked nervous and felt hot eating the pizzas.
  • Some of them drank water while eating pizzas as well .
  • The audience cheered and gave them support.
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I underlined a couple of things that need fixing or could be improved:

The participant who ate the most number of pizzas would be the winner. When the competition began, all of them gobbled pizzas up as fast as possible and as much as they could. They looked nervous and felt hot eating the pizzas. Some of them drank water while eating pizzas as well. The audience c
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How do I correct them? can help me?
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I wondered if this was homework, hence my suggestion that you should try first!
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This is not my homework. I just wanna to comfirm the usage of the verbs in the sentences.

The participant who ate the most pizzas would be the winner. When the competition began, all of them gobbled pizzas up as fast as possible they could. They looked nervous and felt hot eating the pizzas. Some of them drank water while eating pizzas. The audience cheered and ga
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The participant who ate the most pizzas would be the winner. When the competition began, all of them gobbled pizzas up [This is OK, but I personally prefer "gobbled up pizzas". The theory is that you shouldn't split a compound verb, such as "gobble up", unless the sentence structure really requires you to do so] as fast as possible they could they possibly could. They l
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How about " as fast and as much as they could"?
Mr Wordyas fast as possible they could they possibly could
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Or this:
"... all of them gobbled up as much pizza as fast as they (possibly) could."

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