Why two is's?

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Hi,

I was reading a text and saw two is's wrote together in one sentence. Is it correct?

Here is the text:

"Of these some are relatively neutral, "short", for example (althoug would argue that this is is "heightist" and should be replace by "of below average height".

the section is talking about words and conntations about short in terms of people's height.

Thanks

Clive · Accepted Answer

Hi,

It's just a typing mistake. There are several in that text.

It's not always incorrect to have two is's together.

eg What Tom is, is happy.

Clive

Clee62 · Answer

So, for your example, does it mean Tom is happy? If not, what does the sentence mean?

Thanks!

You know which book I was refering to?

On the text, there is a section talking about how English evolves into current state.
it said something like this," English is mixture of Anglo-saxon with French speaking..."

Is that correct in terms of grammarical structure of mixture? Do we say," This chemical is mixture of rock and water"?

also, another question just comes up! do we add articles in front of every nouns after each prepostion "of" highlighted in green above or it is okay?

and it is okay to use "of" to describe for that sentence? I once heard my teacher said that sometimes we use "of" incorrectly or use it too often. Do you have examples on what is bad and good, and what is clean and redundant/often?

Sorry i have so many questions. Thanks!

Clive · Answer

Hi,

So, for your example, does it mean Tom is happy? Yes If not, what does the sentence mean?

Thanks!

You know which book I was refering to?

On the text, there is a section talking about how English evolves into current state.

it said something like this," English is a mixture of Anglo-saxon with French speaking..."

Is that correct in terms of the grammarical structure of mixture? Do we say," This chemical is mixture of rock and water"? No. Say 'a mixture of rock and water'.

also, another question just comes up! do we add articles in front of every nouns after each prepostion "of" highlighted in green above or it is okay?

and it is okay to use "of" to describe for that sentence? I once heard my teacher said that sometimes we use "of" incorrectly or use it too often. Do you have examples on what is bad and good, and what is clean and redundant/often? Write and post some sentnces for us to check, if you want to.

Clive

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