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Anonymous  +  155231 Fri, 04 Nov 05 07:49 PM

well, I have to find a mistake in this sentence:

"Nowadays not only do we use computers to create flims but some films are specially created for computers" Tongue Tied [:S]

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MrPedantic  +  155280 Sat, 05 Nov 05 12:16 AM

Presumably it's not "flims".

What about the punctuation, Anon? Do you see anything odd there?

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rishonly  +  155288 Sat, 05 Nov 05 12:31 AM
I guess 'not only..but also' structure is missing.
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CalifJim  +  155340 Sat, 05 Nov 05 04:37 AM
I have no idea what guessing game your instructor is playing.  I too feel Tongue Tied [:S].

Not only do we use computers to create films nowadays, but we also create films especially for computers.

Maybe that is regarded as a "correction"?  (Both clauses in active voice? especially instead of specially? Addition of also in the second clause?) I don't know.

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yes right our vision are more better than computer , so we are doing such function

 

rishonly  +  155353 Sat, 05 Nov 05 07:13 AM
You are absolutely right, CalifJ9im , and I couldn't agree with you more.
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davkett  +  155404 Sat, 05 Nov 05 12:30 PM

It just doesn't seem to me to be a very good 'not only...but' type of relationship.

Nowadays, not only do we use computers to create films, but we also...???

(CalifJim makes a reasonable guess as to the 'but' clause.)

Here's another, not so reasonable, one:  but we also use computers to create music.

 

 

 
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MrPedantic  +  155554 Sun, 06 Nov 05 01:32 AM

I share the general Tongue Tied [:S] .

All I can think of is "add a comma after 'nowadays'".

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Punkybrewster  +  155783 Sun, 06 Nov 05 09:18 PM
I would agree with the comma... since "nowadays" is an introductory word?
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