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Chan-Seung Lee
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 Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 11:02 pm Post subject: home |
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| And by 2010, China is expected to be home to at least 7 of the world's 10 largest shopping malls. |
I saw the quote in the newspaper but I think that it's not correct grammatically. I guess that 'China is expected to be home to at least 7 of the world's 10 largest shopping malls.' should be corrected to 'China is expected to be the home of at least 7 of the world's 10 largest shopping malls.'
Could you tell me if I'm right?
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pugachevV
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| Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 7:23 am Post subject: |
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| The original is correct in colloquial English. In my opinion, your version is better English. |
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pinenut
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Location: Illinois, U.S.A.
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| Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 8:21 am Post subject: Re: home |
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| Chan-Seung Lee wrote: |
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| And by 2010, China is expected to be home to at least 7 of the world's 10 largest shopping malls. |
I saw the quote in the newspaper but I think that it's not correct grammatically. I guess that 'China is expected to be home to at least 7 of the world's 10 largest shopping malls.' should be corrected to 'China is expected to be the home of at least 7 of the world's 10 largest shopping malls.'
Could you tell me if I'm right?
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Search the google for "is home to" and "is the home to" and you will find which is better. |
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