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tisogai
Joined: 09 Feb 2006 Posts: 196
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Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 6:31 pm Post subject: when to / when they will |
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Please help;
Everyone should be free to decide when to get married and whether to have children.
Is that OK to rewite as following??
Everyone should be free to decide when they will get married and if they will have children or not.
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CP
Joined: 12 Jun 2006 Posts: 2875 Location: California
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Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 4:14 pm Post subject: |
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Yes, but it is not improved by these changes. It is better in the original. _________________ You live a new life for every new language you speak. -Czech proverb |
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Lorikeet

Joined: 08 Oct 2005 Posts: 1877 Location: San Francisco
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Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2008 10:28 am Post subject: |
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Usually we try to get away from using "everyone" and "they" and the first example does that very well. |
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