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Pructus Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Unbalanced use of words
Upon entering a record store, one encounters a wide variety of genres from easy listening to jazz and classical music. Jazz and classical music have a number of things in common.
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Hi,
The above sentence. Even if it is grammatical, how does the the underlined part sound to native's ears?
To my non-native ears, itI feels a little awkward, because the former part "easy listening to jazz" and the latter part "classical music" don't seem to be well organized. It sounds a little off balance.
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Hi,
The above sentence. Even if it is grammatical, how does the the underlined part sound to native's ears?
To my non-native ears, itI feels a little awkward, because the former part "easy listening to jazz" and the latter part "classical music" don't seem to be well organized. It sounds a little off balance.
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Hi, Yes, from A to B and C does sound a little jarring. But note the writer goes on to say that he sees B and C as closely related, ie (B and C).. Clive
- Hi, Yes, from A to B and C does sound a little jarring.
- But note the writer goes on to say that he sees B and C as closely related, ie (B and C)..
- Clive
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Hi,
Yes, from A to B and C does sound a little jarring. But note the writer goes on to say that he sees B and C as closely related, ie (B and C)..
Clive
Yes, from A to B and C does sound a little jarring. But note the writer goes on to say that he sees B and C as closely related, ie (B and C)..
Clive
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To my ear, from _ to __ indicates a beginning and an end and should not include anything in between. This can be solved by using "including ___"; then you can use as many examples as you want.
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