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Jackson6612 Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

We shouldn't always trust Google's statistics.

Are the following sentences correct?

We shouldn't always trust Google's statistics. Google indexes all the webpages including those written by non-native speakers. I know you are aware of it, I'm saying this as a precautionary measure for some unwary who accidentally stumble onto this page.
  

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We shouldn't always trust Google's statistics. Google indexes all the webpages , including those written by non-native speakers. I know you are aware of this, but I'm saying this as a precautionary measure to help some unwary soul who accidentally stumbles onto this page.

— Mister Micawber

  • We shouldn't always trust Google's statistics.
  • Google indexes all the webpages , including those written by non-native speakers.
  • I know you are aware of this, but I'm saying this as a precautionary measure to help some unwary soul who accidentally stumbles onto this page.
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We shouldn't always trust Google's statistics. Google indexes all the webpages, including those written by non-native speakers. I know you are aware of this, but I'm saying this as a precautionary measure to help some unwary soul who accidentally stumbles onto this page.
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Thanks a lot, Mr. Micawber.
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Mister MicawberWe shouldn't always trust Google's statistics. Google indexes all the webpages, including those written by non-native speakers. I know you are aware of this, but I'm saying this as a precautionary measure to help some unwary soul who accidentally stumbles onto this page.
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Actually, 'some' is better than 'any' here, since the writer evidently expects ('a precautionary measure') someone to appear.
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Mister Micawber I know you are aware of this, but I'm saying this as a precautionary measure to help some unwary soul who accidentally stumbles onto this page.

Hello MM,

Your correction reminds me of something I ever wanted to know about but was reluctant to ask. May I ask what kind of impression you'd get of t
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All of yours are native and common. I see no practical difference between this and that; I find it a little different, in that it seems to me to refer to less complex referents-- that is why I changed it to this in the original sentence. Compare:

I'm happy, and I find it/this/that unusual.
I went to the circus and met an old
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Mister MicawberAll of yours are native and common. I see no practical difference between this and that; I find it a little different, in that it seems to me to refer to less complex referents-- that is why I changed it to this in the original sentence. Compare:

I'm happy, and I find it/this/that unusual.
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