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Grammar

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00 Most people have such a notion as this: A computer simply consists of four parts, that is, the mouse, the keyboard, the monitor, and the tower, the four parts all people can plainly see.0-
  

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02br 02br 01font 00Most people think that a computer simply consists of four parts, that is, the mouse, the keyboard, the monitor and the tower. 02br 02font 02br 02br 00Best wishes, Clive0-

— Clive

  • 02br 02br 01font 00Most people think that a computer simply consists of four parts, that is, the mouse, the keyboard, the monitor and the tower.
  • 02br 02font 02br 02br 00Best wishes, Clive0-
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0Hi,02br
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00I'd say this something like this.02br
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01font00Most people think that a computer simply consists of four parts, that is, the mouse, the keyboard, the monitor and the tower. These are the four parts everyone can easily see.02br
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0Would this also fit the bill?02br
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01font00Most people think a computer simply consists of four parts, (the most noticeable ones): the mouse, keyboard, monitor and tower.02font0-
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0It’s very common that a given question will receive several answers, depending on how the person giving the answer responses. Coming from a technical writing background, I personally would write it this way:02br
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00Most people think / perceive that a computer simply consists of four basic components/ parts which are: th
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0Goodman, I like 'components' instead of 'parts'. However, wouldn't most people be correct in thinking that the four 'basic' components are, in fact, the mouse, keyboard, monitor and tower?02br
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00Also, as for punctuation, a colon is only grammatically correct after an independent clause. That problem would be solved in your revision by eliminating 'which are'.0-
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