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can someone correct this sentence for me plz? thanz a lot

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Anonymous  #470964  Thu, 31 Jan 08 08:10 AM

At that time, I discovered what people said about how time flies fast is true

  
Avangi  #471072  Thu, 31 Jan 08 03:20 PM
 Anonymous wrote:

At that time, I discovered [that] what people said say about how time flies fast, is true.

  
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Anonymous  #471141  Thu, 31 Jan 08 05:33 PM
why is there a comma before IS?
  
Avangi  #471199  Thu, 31 Jan 08 07:49 PM
No good reason.  You've interrupted "what people said is true" with "about how time flies fast." It doesn't seem necessary to actually set it off, but, it seems like when you read it, and especially when you speak it, you need to indicate where the joint comes.  If it were a little shorter, the brain (my brain in particular) could easily grasp it without the comma: " . . . what people say about time is true."   Or, " . . . what people say is true."
  
Anonymous  #471290  Fri, 01 Feb 08 12:47 AM
oh okie thanz my friend
  
Anonymous  #471418  Fri, 01 Feb 08 11:25 AM
OK, I was wondering as well.. can I put it like..?
"At that time, I've discovered, what people had been saying, on how fast the time gose/flies.."
  
Grammar Geek  #471452  Fri, 01 Feb 08 01:19 PM

No - At that time requires the simple past, and don't use a comma after discovered.

At that time, I discovered that what people had been saying about how time flies is true.

But try something like this: It was then that I discovered the truth of what people have always said: Time does fly!

  
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Anonymous  #471484  Fri, 01 Feb 08 01:55 PM
awesome, thank you Smile [:)])

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