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In a second-rate restaurant, the service is unpleasant, the food may taste good but it's never healthy and the interior is insanitary.
in the above sentence, is the use of the word 'interior' idiomatic? What I meant to say was
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1)
I have a cold.
You have a cold.
We have a cold?
How should I say that? Should it instead be "We have cold."?
2)
I caught a cold.
You caught a cold.
We caught a cold?
Should it be 'we
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People are focusing their attention on whether the United States and Russia will make significant progress on nuclear weapons reductions during their summit meeting next week.
1) Should the emboldened 'on' be 'in' instead?
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What I meant to say is
"There are neither men nor women in the world anymore. The only types of people there are in the world are feminine men."
I was wondering if I could shorten the sentence into
"There are
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"There are neither men nor women in the world anymore. All there are, are feminine men."
Is the above sentence grammatical? Can it be improved?
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This piece is relatively larger to that one
should this 'to' be replaced to a 'than'?
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"we carry umbrellas to minimize our getting wet when it rains"
is there a better replacement for 'carry'?
Oh and is it awkward to have that 'our' in there?
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"He played a great role in deploying U.N. peace-keeping forces in Sudan"
shouldn't that 'in' be 'to'?
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"U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is being persistently afflicted with critical views on the 'quiet diplomacy' of Mr. Ban ."
shouldn't that highlighted Mr. Ban be 'his'? why is this article repeating his
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"I watched him with a smile on my face, not able to place any anger at him in any other way."
should that 'at' be 'on'?
Thanx ^^
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