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Liveinjapan Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

Votes

1i00He attributed the turnout to the fact that for the first time in 30-plus years, the Democratic race is not settled when Pennsylvania votes.02i02br
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0 To me it's a verb ... 01i 00when Pennsylvania votes = when people from Pennsylvania vote02i 00. 0-

  • 0 To me it's a verb ...
  • 01i 00when Pennsylvania votes = when people from Pennsylvania vote02i 00.
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0 To me it's a verb ... 01i00when Pennsylvania votes = when people from Pennsylvania vote02i00. 0-
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0If it's a noun it should be 'the Pennsylvania votes'.02br
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00Thanks, Tanit.02br
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00Got it!0-
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01cite10Liveinjapan12cite10If it's a noun it should be 'the Pennsylvania votes'.12br
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10Hmm, possibly, but the 01i00"when-clause" 02i00would lack the verb.0-
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0Yes, you're right. What I was thinking about!0-
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0Hello - resident of Pennsylvania here...02br
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00"Pennsylvania" is being used to mean "the people of Pennsylvania." It absolutely should NOT be "the Pennsylvania."02br
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00(I also would have used "was not settled" instead of "is not settled.")02br
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00Our primary is relatively late in the year - usually there is a single candi
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0Got it! Thanks, GG.02br
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00I think you're lucky to see they 01u00duke it out02u00. (I'm not sure these words fit well, though)0-
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0...to seem them duke it out. 02br
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00Well, I'm not sure that the Democrats would agree - the more jabs they take at each other, the weaker they are when the face their Republican opponent.0-
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0Got it. ...to see them duke it out.02br
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00I've been wathing CNN recently, and that's really interesting.02br
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00Thanks, GG.0-
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0But hey, with Pennsylvania being the most important game in town for about six weeks, Hillary and Barak were EVERYWHERE. Barak waved at me in my car as he rode along on the train next to the road. That was kind of fun. I had no idea he was even in my town until we found ourselves about 20 yards apart and going in the same direction.0-
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0Did I hear CNN? I can't remember the last time I watched that worthless, biased, distorted, and Anti-American channel. 02img00 That's my respect toward it.0-

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