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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
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Please correct the following sentences.Are they meaningful and relevant to each other?
1.The Egyptian calendar showed 365 days when the exact sun year is 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes and 46 seconds.
2. So, the Egyptian calendar was slower than the exact sun year.
  

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The Egyptian calendar showed 365 days when the solar year was precisely 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes and 46 seconds, so the Egyptian calendar was shorter than the solar year.

  • The Egyptian calendar showed 365 days when the solar year was precisely 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes and 46 seconds, so the Egyptian calendar was shorter than the solar year.
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The Egyptian calendar showed 365 days when the solar year was precisely 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes and 46 seconds, so the Egyptian calendar was shorter than the solar year.
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Anonymous1.The Egyptian calendar showed 365 days, when whereas the exact sun year is 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes and 46 seconds.
Anonymous2. So, the Egyptian calendar was slower than the exact actual sun year.
Consider using "had" instead of "showed" and "solar year" instead of "

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