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Christine Christie Posted 5 years ago
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Is this sentence correct:



"The bird came more down, and decreased its flight speed, continueing to fly by our side."

  

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The phrase "more down" is ungrammatical. The sentence should be, for example, one of the following: The bird came further down, and decreased its flight speed, continuing... The bird flew lower, and decreased its flight speed, continuing...

  • The phrase "more down" is ungrammatical.
  • The sentence should be, for example, one of the following: The bird came further down, and decreased its flight speed, continuing...
  • The bird flew lower, and decreased its flight speed, continuing...
  • The bird came down to our level, and decreased its flight speed, continuing...
  • The bird came down further, and decreased its flight speed, continuing...
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The phrase "more down" is ungrammatical. The sentence should be, for example, one of the following:


The bird came further down, and decreased its flight speed, continuing...


The bird flew lower, and decreased its flight speed, continuing...


The bird came down to our level, and decreased its flight speed, continuing...


The bird came down further, and

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