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[klafterreith]

Hi there!

1.Please tell me if this sentence is acceptable:

THERE IS SO MUCH DANGERGOUS ABOUT DRUGS.

Is it totally wrong???

2. Is is correct to say: SHE WAS WORKING ON (??) THE RADIO if I want to express:

She had a job and worked for a radio station (She did stories for the radio station)

[doliver]

Hello, Klafterreith.

You wrote:

1. Please tell me if this sentence is acceptable:

There is so much dangerous about drugs.

Comments:

I would say that your sentence is awkward and, as such, not quite acceptable. It would be 100% acceptable if written as follows, however:

There is so much that is dangerous about drugs. (In the sentence, so much seems to modify dangerous, which doesn't make sense, grammatically.)

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You also wrote:

Is is correct to say, "She was working on the radio" if I want to express that she had a job and worked for a radio station (that is, she did stories for the radio station)?

You also wrote:

No, the sentence isn't exactly correct. Why? � Because most people would understand it to mean that she was trying to repair a radio or that she was working while she was on the radio (that is, broadcasting something on the radio).

The sentence would be better understood if it were written like this:

She was working for the radio station. or

She was writing stories for the radio station.

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I hope these comments have been useful.

Best wishes�

D. Oliver
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