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[rice07]

HI

Here I got an exsample:

Attempts by legislators to raise mileage goal from the early 1990s through last year were defeated.

What do you native speakers think that the above with such a huge subject is good or not, especialy in terms of skill in writing.

Anybody kind helps me with this question!

[CP]

The sentence is typical of a reporter's way to convey as much information as possible in a short sentence. It says that the legislators (law makers) tried to raise the mileage goals (probably gas mileage for motor vehicles) some number of times between 1990 and now, but they did not succeed.

If you cut and pasted this sentence, then the original had a mistake. It should read either "the mileage goal" or "mileage goals."

It is not the most elegant writing, but for a newspaper or magazine article, it is all right.
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[rice07]

Hi Cp

Understood. Thanks again for bothering you to help me with this !