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Chan-Seung Lee
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 Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 5:53 pm Post subject: before |
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| The plains, mountains, valleys so full of creatures only half a century ago before were now empty and barren. |
1.Does the quotation above make sense?
2.I think 'before they were now empty and barren' is correct instead of 'before were now empty and barren'. Am I right?
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CP
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| Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2009 9:27 pm Post subject: |
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Either ago or before should be eliminated, and a couple of words (in italics below) need to be added for complete clarity. It means:
The plains, mountains, and valleys that were so full of creatures only half a century ago were now empty and barren.
The plains, mountains, and valleys that were so full of creatures only half a century before were now empty and barren.
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