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rice07



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 4:17 am    Post subject: verify Reply with quote
Hi

1. Please help me verify whether the second it in the following quoted from newspaper talking about 'online banking' is unnecessary ?

Forty percent of those who said they had not yet tried Internet banking said they would give it a try it in the future.

2. If a man was killed by a spray bullet fired by a policeman, whether it meant that the man killed wasn't the target of that shooting , it was just a coincidence for him to be shot to his death by that policeman ?

Thanks for your help !
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Bob S.



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 9:57 am    Post subject: Re: verify Reply with quote
rice07 wrote:
1. Please help me verify whether the second it in the following quoted from newspaper talking about 'online banking' is unnecessary ?

Forty percent of those who said they had not yet tried Internet banking said they would give it a try it in the future.
Pick one (either of these is correct):
they would give it a try in the future.
-or-
they would try it in the future.
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2. If a man was killed by a spray bullet fired by a policeman, whether it meant that the man killed wasn't the target of that shooting , it was just a coincidence for him to be shot to his death by that policeman ?
Stray bullet (not spray bullet) is an accidental shot, not intential.
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rice07



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 3:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Hi Bob S.

Thanks for your reminder of a spelling mistake for stray , sometimes my spelling is terrible due to impetuous character . Embarassed

Thanks once again !

Good luck !

Sincerely

Rice 07
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Bob S.



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 12:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
rice07 wrote:
Thanks for your reminder of a spelling mistake for stray , sometimes my spelling is terrible due to impetuous character . Embarassed
Not a problem. We do use the expression spray of bullets if we are talking about many bullets being shot (like from a machine gun or from many guns used at the same time).
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