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Slocawber Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Word order
Please, consider the following:
'Young people and crime
Do you think this is a real issue or it is something far from reality?'
1) Is it acceptable?
2) I'm particularly interested in what comes after 'OR': what's the correct word order? A) IT IS... or B) IS IT... ?
Thank you.
'Young people and crime
Do you think this is a real issue or it is something far from reality?'
1) Is it acceptable?
2) I'm particularly interested in what comes after 'OR': what's the correct word order? A) IT IS... or B) IS IT... ?
Thank you.
Top answer
That sentence is not very good. Often you might see it written like this: Do you think this is a real issue, or is it something far from reality? Sticklers may prefer one of these: Do you think this is a real issue or something far from reality?
- That sentence is not very good.
- Often you might see it written like this: Do you think this is a real issue, or is it something far from reality?
- Sticklers may prefer one of these: Do you think this is a real issue or something far from reality?
- Do you think this is a real issue?
- Or is it something far from reality?
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That sentence is not very good. Often you might see it written like this:
Do you think this is a real issue, or is it something far from reality?
Sticklers may prefer one of these:
Do you think this is a real issue or something far from reality?
Do you think this is a real issue? Or is it something far from reality?
Do you think this is a real issue, or is it something far from reality?
Sticklers may prefer one of these:
Do you think this is a real issue or something far from reality?
Do you think this is a real issue? Or is it something far from reality?
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