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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
"There never has been"
"There never has been a country more resistant to religion than UK."
Is the sentence correct? Can it be worded differently?
Is the sentence correct? Can it be worded differently?
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" The editor in me wants to change "there never has been" to "there has never been", although it's not really an error. Also, you definitely need the definite article before "UK". So I would write: There has never been a country more resistant to religion than the UK .
- " The editor in me wants to change "there never has been" to "there has never been", although it's not really an error.
- Also, you definitely need the definite article before "UK".
- So I would write: There has never been a country more resistant to religion than the UK .
- There are many other ways in which you could say this, some of them more preferable stylistically, but please feel free to provide some ideas of your own and I will help as required.
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Anonymous"There never has been a country more resistant to religion than the UK."The editor in me wants to change "there never has been" to "there has never been", although it's not really an error. Also, you definitely need the definite article before "UK". So I would write:
There has never been a countr
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Anonymous"Nothing suits religion more than it does the UK."I am sorry, but that's incorrect. That's the opposite of the meaning of the original sentence.
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Anonymous"Nothing suits religion more than it does the UK."If you want to paraphrase your original statement, it may be like this: No country is more religiously indifferent, than the UK is.
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AnonymousIf you want to paraphrase your original statement, it may be like this: No country is more religiously indifferent, than the UK isNo country is more religiously indifferent,(no comma) than the UK is ("Is" is optional).
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