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The pizzas competition 2

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Vincent Teo  #544450  Mon, 21 Jul 08 01:57 PM
Can I say,

The participant who ate the most number of pizzas would be the winner. When the competition began, all of them

gobbled pizzas up as fast as possible and as much as they could. They looked nervous and felt hot eating the pizzas.

Some of them drank water while eating pizzas as well. The audience cheered and gave them support.

  
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Mr Wordy  #544652  Mon, 21 Jul 08 09:41 PM

I underlined a couple of things that need fixing or could be improved:

The participant who ate the most number of pizzas would be the winner. When the competition began, all of them gobbled pizzas up as fast as possible and as much as they could. They looked nervous and felt hot eating the pizzas. Some of them drank water while eating pizzas as well. The audience cheered and gave them support.

  
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Vincent Teo  #544675  Mon, 21 Jul 08 10:47 PM
How do I correct them? can help me?
  
Mr Wordy  #544691  Mon, 21 Jul 08 11:27 PM

I wondered if this was homework, hence my suggestion that you should try first!

  
Vincent Teo  #544807  Tue, 22 Jul 08 03:57 AM
This is not my homework. I just wanna to comfirm the usage of the verbs in the sentences.

The participant who ate the most pizzas would be the winner. When the competition began, all of them gobbled pizzas up as fast as possible they could. They looked nervous and felt hot eating the pizzas. Some of them drank water while eating pizzas. The audience cheered and gave them support.

That is just I try. How?
  
Mr Wordy  #544828  Tue, 22 Jul 08 04:33 AM

The participant who ate the most pizzas would be the winner. When the competition began, all of them gobbled pizzas up [This is OK, but I personally prefer "gobbled up pizzas". The theory is that you shouldn't split a compound verb, such as "gobble up", unless the sentence structure really requires you to do so] as fast as possible they could they possibly could. They looked nervous and felt hot eating the pizzas. Some of them drank water while eating pizzas [this is not wrong, but by now we get the idea that it's pizzas they're eating, and the repetition tends to get a little tiresome]. The audience cheered and gave them support.

  
New2grammar  #544830  Tue, 22 Jul 08 04:37 AM
How about " as fast and as much as they could"?
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as fast as possible they could they possibly could
  
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Yankee  #544844  Tue, 22 Jul 08 04:53 AM
Or this:
"... all of them gobbled up as much pizza as fast as they (possibly) could."

  
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