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Hungry  #351068  Sun, 15 Apr 07 11:19 AM

Could someone please tell me if there are any grammar mistakes in the answer below. I have put parentheses where I doubt.


What other sounds alone can be heard where the poet is standing?


Besides the sound of shaking of the harness bells, the sounds “of easy wind and downy flake” (alone can be heard) where the poet is standing.

  
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Doll  #351097  Sun, 15 Apr 07 01:03 PM

Apart from the sound of shaking of the harness bells , the sounds of easy wind and downy flake which  are only possible to  be heard alone, can be heard where the poet is standing.     

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Yankee  #351099  Sun, 15 Apr 07 01:08 PM
The words "easy wind and downy flake" mean "a gentle wind and (falling) snow" -- both of which are things that you probably would not be able to hear.  So, a better answer to your question might be that the poet doesn't hear anything except the harness bells.
  
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Hungry  #351163  Sun, 15 Apr 07 05:28 PM

But are there any grammar mistakes in my answer?

Besides the sound of shaking of the harness bells, the sounds “of easy wind and downy flake” alone can be heard where the poet is standing.

I am confused with the insertion of "alone". Is it OK.

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Yankee  #351217  Sun, 15 Apr 07 07:39 PM
If that is the answer you want to give, then I would suggest a slight rewording:

Besides the sound of the harness bells, only the sounds of  “easy wind and downy flake” can be heard where the poet is standing.
  
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