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Chan-Seung Lee

Joined: 03 Dec 2005
Posts: 1032

Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 9:55 pm Post subject: hold

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The upcoming elections, which have been postponed, had held promise to help tansform Pakistan into a democratic society.

From natives' view, does 'hold promise' make sense?
If so, what phrases or words can it be replaced with?

Thanks.

asterix

Joined: 26 Jan 2003
Posts: 1654

Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 1:17 pm Post subject:

It makes sense and is frequently used. You can replace it with had promised., or might have helped transform.

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