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Chan-Seung Lee
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 Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 7:27 am Post subject: question |
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| If news of a scandal breaks out, the giant corporation is likely to get a light slap on the wrist and a stern warning that things would have been worse if Samsung wasn't such an important contributor to the South Korean economy. |
Does the quote make sense?
I think the below is right rather than the quote. But I'm not sure.
Can you tell me if I'm right?
Thanks.
-the below-
If news of a scandal breaks out, the giant corporation is likely to get a light slap on the wrist, while it is likely to get a stern warning that things would have been worse if Samsung wasn't such an important contributor to the South Korean economy. |
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Bob S.
Joined: 29 Apr 2004
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Location: So. Cal
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| Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 8:41 am Post subject: Re: question |
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| Chan-Seung Lee wrote: |
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| If news of a scandal breaks out, the giant corporation is likely to get a light slap on the wrist and a stern warning that things would have been worse if Samsung wasn't such an important contributor to the South Korean economy. |
Does the quote make sense?
I think the below is right rather than the quote. But I'm not sure.
Can you tell me if I'm right?
-the below-
If news of a scandal breaks out, the giant corporation is likely to get a light slap on the wrist, while it is likely to get a stern warning that things would have been worse if Samsung wasn't such an important contributor to the South Korean economy. |
Yes, the first quote makes sense grammatically. And, sorry, no. Your rewrite is not grammatically correct.
For the first sentence, break it down into its core sentence:
...the giant corporation is likely to get a ... slap ... and a ... warning...
That's it. From there you can see the subject, verb, predicate, and modifiers. Adding a while is unnecessary and disrupts the intent of the original sentence. |
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