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Virginia Tech shooting
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Students said the campus was unusually quiet before the violence erupted, since classes had ended a day earlier before the start of exams. Virginia Tech canceled its exam schedule for Friday.
I'm not sure what the half latter of the first sentence means. Virginia Tech students had classes on Wednesday, but on Thursday they didn't have any, did they? They would have taken exams on Friday if the shooting hadn't occurred, wouldn't they?
Students said the campus was unusually quiet before the violence erupted, since classes had ended a day earlier before the start of exams. Virginia Tech canceled its exam schedule for Friday.
I'm not sure what the half latter of the first sentence means. Virginia Tech students had classes on Wednesday, but on Thursday they didn't have any, did they? They would have taken exams on Friday if the shooting hadn't occurred, wouldn't they?
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" The shooting was on Thurs. Wed. had been the last day of classes, according to the report ("classes had ended a day earlier").
- " The shooting was on Thurs.
- Wed.
- had been the last day of classes, according to the report ("classes had ended a day earlier").
- The implication is that exams were to start on Fri.
- , this apparently means that students weren't even having exams on Thurs.
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It should be: "I'm not sure what the latter half of the first sentence means."
The shooting was on Thurs. Wed. had been the last day of classes, according to the report ("classes had ended a day earlier"). The implication is that exams were to start on Fri. Exams could conceivably have started on Thurs., since the last classes were on Wed., but since the report says that the campus w
The shooting was on Thurs. Wed. had been the last day of classes, according to the report ("classes had ended a day earlier"). The implication is that exams were to start on Fri. Exams could conceivably have started on Thurs., since the last classes were on Wed., but since the report says that the campus w
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Hi
It is quite usual for schools or colleges to have a break of a day or two between normal classes and the start of examinations. This is to give the students time to rest or revise in preparation for the exams
Regards, Dave
It is quite usual for schools or colleges to have a break of a day or two between normal classes and the start of examinations. This is to give the students time to rest or revise in preparation for the exams
Regards, Dave
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