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Rommel Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
There should be ‘for,’ right?
I believe that the following sentence is ungrammatical:
Ebola has been the main topic of every news forecast these past few months, and that is because the virus that causes this epidemic disease has been sending out more than 13,000 people into hospitalization since the current outbreak in West Africa with its first cases notified in March 2014.
Isn’t it that there should be for written before these past few months, that is, Ebola has been the main topic of every news forecast for these past few months? I just wonder: Which has been “sending out” people to “hospitalization”: the virus or the disease it causes?
Ebola has been the main topic of every news forecast these past few months, and that is because the virus that causes this epidemic disease has been sending out more than 13,000 people into hospitalization since the current outbreak in West Africa with its first cases notified in March 2014.
Isn’t it that there should be for written before these past few months, that is, Ebola has been the main topic of every news forecast for these past few months? I just wonder: Which has been “sending out” people to “hospitalization”: the virus or the disease it causes?
Top answer
There are several errors and unnatural phrasings in this sentence, which appears not to have been written by a native English speaker. However, "these past few months" is actually OK. "news forecast" seems odd.
- There are several errors and unnatural phrasings in this sentence, which appears not to have been written by a native English speaker.
- However, "these past few months" is actually OK.
- "news forecast" seems odd.
- As written, it says that the virus has been “sending out” people “into hospitalization”, but this phrasing is not correct regardless of whether the subject is the virus or the disease.
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There are several errors and unnatural phrasings in this sentence, which appears not to have been written by a native English speaker. However, "these past few months" is actually OK. "news forecast" seems odd.
As written, it says that the virus has been “sending out” people “into hospitalization”, but this phrasing is not correct regardless of whether the subject is the virus or the dise
As written, it says that the virus has been “sending out” people “into hospitalization”, but this phrasing is not correct regardless of whether the subject is the virus or the dise
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GPYThere are several errors and unnatural phrasings in this sentence, which appears not to have been written by a native English speaker.Since the sentence contains errors, how could I possibly correct it?
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A suggestion:
Ebola has been the main topic of every news broadcast these past few months. Since the current outbreak in West Africa began in March 2014, the epidemic has ... ????
You can say that the epidemic has hospitalised more than 13,000 people, but this seems to omit most the important, albeit unpleasant, information, which is how many people have died. It could be
Ebola has been the main topic of every news broadcast these past few months. Since the current outbreak in West Africa began in March 2014, the epidemic has ... ????
You can say that the epidemic has hospitalised more than 13,000 people, but this seems to omit most the important, albeit unpleasant, information, which is how many people have died. It could be
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Uh, okay. But how about the following revision below?
Ebola has been the main topic of every news broadcast these past few months. Since the current outbreak in West Africa began in March 2014, the epidemic has hospitalised more than 13,000 people, and it has killed more than 5,000 of them as of mid-November 2014.
Ebola has been the main topic of every news broadcast these past few months. Since the current outbreak in West Africa began in March 2014, the epidemic has hospitalised more than 13,000 people, and it has killed more than 5,000 of them as of mid-November 2014.
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I would change "them" to "these", but with "of them/these", the 5,000 number includes only fatalities from the 13,000, i.e. people who died in hospital. It does not include people who died without ever being admitted to hospital. Is that what you intend?
As written, "as of mid-November 2014" seems to apply only to "it has killed more than 5,000 of these". If you intend it to apply to "hos
As written, "as of mid-November 2014" seems to apply only to "it has killed more than 5,000 of these". If you intend it to apply to "hos
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GPY...but with "of them/these", the 5,000 number includes only fatalities from the 13,000, i.e. people who died in hospital. It does not include people who died without ever being admitted to hospital. Is that what you intend?Yes, that is. By the way, thank you for enriching my knowledge on improving sentence con
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