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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Which is correct English?
Which is correct and sounds native:
1.) The lawyers of movie star and former singer Josh Clark have this week submitted an appeal to the New Jersey court requesting it to dismiss all charges against their client.
2.) Earlier this week the lawyers of movie star and former singer Josh Clark submitted yet another appeal to the New Jersey court requesting it to dismiss all charges against their client.
1.) The lawyers of movie star and former singer Josh Clark have this week submitted an appeal to the New Jersey court requesting it to dismiss all charges against their client.
2.) Earlier this week the lawyers of movie star and former singer Josh Clark submitted yet another appeal to the New Jersey court requesting it to dismiss all charges against their client.
Top answer
They are both OK.
- They are both OK.
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fivejedjon, thanks. Would the first sound as being made by a non-native English speaker and the second as by a native?
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In the 2nd, 'requesting it to dismiss' sounds a little unusual to me; I would expect 'requesting that it dismiss'. 'Of' is more usually 'for'. 'An appeal' and 'yet another appeal' convey quite different facts. I think I'd do this:
Earlier this week, lawyers for movie star and former singer Josh Clark submitted yet another / an appeal to the New Jersey court requesting
Earlier this week, lawyers for movie star and former singer Josh Clark submitted yet another / an appeal to the New Jersey court requesting
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AnonymousWhat's your opinion about the first?Only what I have already commented in my first post.
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