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pieanne  #136041  Sat, 10 Sep 05 07:56 PM

The government prevents the people from leaving their homes?

 

  
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Anonymous  #143111  Thu, 29 Sep 05 11:55 PM
A felt-tip pen is easy to ruin just leave itlying around without its cap.
  
Clive  #143127  Fri, 30 Sep 05 01:08 AM

Hi,

A felt-tip pen is easy to ruin:  just leave it lying around without its cap.

Clive

 

  
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Anonymous  #144993  Wed, 05 Oct 05 11:35 PM

 "The government suppress the people..." is incorrect 

Correct: "The government suppresses the people..."  (It suppresses the people)

You could say in plural: "The governments supress the people..."  (They suppress the people) 

 Although, I don't really know how the word suppress helps the sentence:

"The goverment suppress the people from leaving their home immediately?"

Dictionary definition:

Suppress: to put down by authority or force : SUBDUE
2 : to keep from public knowledge: as a : to keep secret b : to stop or prohibit the publication or revelation of
3 a : to exclude from consciousness b : to keep from giving vent to : CHECK
4 obsolete : to press down
5 a : to restrain from a usual course or action <suppress a cough> b : to inhibit the growth or development of
6 : to inhibit the genetic expression of <suppress a mutation>

Words that fit better are: prevent, bar, block, hinder, impede, interfere (with),  stop, forbid, inhibit, prohibit.
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Anonymous  #152324  Fri, 28 Oct 05 04:31 AM
it becomes myriad, easier for them to keep going.

is THAT right>?
  
Clive  #152335  Fri, 28 Oct 05 05:23 AM

Hi,

it becomes myriad, easier for them to keep going.

The connection between the two parts seems grammatically problematic, but it's difficult to critique this sentence without some context. What is 'it', who or what are 'them', and why is it easier for them to keep going?

Best wishes, Clive

  
Anonymous  #159721  Thu, 17 Nov 05 08:27 PM

Hi friend,

Is this a correct sentence and free from error?

My system is hanged

 

Regards,

Laws

  
MrPedantic  #159768  Thu, 17 Nov 05 11:17 PM

Hello Anon

No, "hung", rather than "hanged", e.g. "my system has hung", "my system hung yesterday", etc.

MrP

  
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Anonymous  #166209  Sun, 04 Dec 05 11:47 PM

I think if you would use at instead of in it would sound better then it does right now

  
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