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muni
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 Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2004 3:44 am Post subject: need correction |
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when she came she didn't have swelling of her arm
(when I want to say that she developed this swelling after coming here)
please correct this |
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ntc69
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| Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2004 7:13 am Post subject: |
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| when she came here, her arm wasn't yet swollen |
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muni
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| Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2004 12:57 am Post subject: |
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| so what I wrote was not correct!! |
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bud
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| Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2004 11:59 am Post subject: |
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Hi muni,
I think it was correct, but "in" is probably preferable to "of." (To me, "of" implies swelling of the entire arm. "In" implies swelling in only a protion of the arm... And you need a comma after "came.")
Ntc69's suggestion is more natural for casual conversation, although I can imagine it said your way. In medical or legal reporting (nurse, doctor, lawyer, etc.), I think your version would be more likely.
Just my opinion, though. |
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muni
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| Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2004 6:32 am Post subject: |
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sorry but one more thing..........
in this sentence we are reffering to past but we have used "have"
why not "had" ..............is this because before "have" we have used "did" it can take care of past sentence
please clarify
thanks
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bud
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| Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2004 12:49 pm Post subject: |
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| Yes. |
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