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Seloc@n

#273422 Thu, 28 Sep 06 10:20 AM

Patients have been seeking to get rid of scars have several options, depending on the depth of the scar.

according to you , is this sentence right or wrong ?

Seloc@n

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Yoong Liat

#273426 Thu, 28 Sep 06 10:36 AM

Patients have been seeking to get rid of scars have several options, depending on the depth of the scar.

according to you , is this sentence right or wrong ?

Patients seeking to get rid of scars have several options, depending on the depth of the scar.
Patients who are seeking to get rid of scars have several options, depending on the depth of the scar.

Yoong Liat

Joined on Mon, Sep 4 2006

Singapore

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Yoong Liat

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#273514 Thu, 28 Sep 06 02:44 PM

Yes, I agree with Yoong Liat. Either of the corrections will work, but the original sentence was not correct.

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Barbara, who answers in American English.

Marius Hancu

#273517 Thu, 28 Sep 06 02:57 PM

The original sentence can be modified to be correct:

Patients who have been seeking to get rid of scars have now several options, depending on the depth of the scar.

Marius Hancu

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