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t.javanshir
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grmmaticality
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Could you please comment on the grammaticality of the
following sentences:
1.
This field involves so many unanswered questions that it needs to be explored
in detail. (It referring to the field not the unanswered questions; hence not
intending "This field ....unanswered questions which need to be
explored...")
2. Because that is the
comments which will finally result in your prosperity not the books.
Native
speaker comments are welcome.
Thanks,
Toofan
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30 Nov 2013
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anitarobi
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1. There are so many unanswered questions about this field that it needs to be explored in detail. (perhaps slightly better) or This field leaves so many questions unanswered that it needs to be explored in detail.
2. - I don �t quite understand the sentence. Grammatically, �that is the comment � not �comments � because the verb is in singular, but the meaning of the sentence is unclear. What exactly do you mean by prosperity here, and what kind of comments?
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30 Nov 2013
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t.javanshir
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I mean, I will provide so many comments (hence comments not comment), and the comments will result in students � success, not studying books.
Thanks for the first one anitarobi |
30 Nov 2013
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anitarobi
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Then I would say-
It is the comments which will enable you to make progress,more than the mere study of books. |
30 Nov 2013
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cunliffe
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Sentence 1 sounds fine to me; it is succinct and clear.
Sentence 2 needs slight adjustment. �Because it is the comments which will finally result in your prosperity, not the books. � Or if you are happy to change it a bit, this is better: �Because it is the comments which will result in your eventual prosperity, not the books. �
Anita �s suggestions are good. |
30 Nov 2013
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t.javanshir
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Thank you both guys. The explanations were quite helpful. |
30 Nov 2013
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