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Spontaneously, I liked the third sentence best, then I read your comment...
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Take these empty bottle to the supermarket and bring some new ones.
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"feed" being an irregular verb, forms the past tense "fed"
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Romany wrote: I don't see the words "wide eddy" anywhere in the above paragraph. Am I going blind?
Neither do I. So don't worry, Romany, your eyesight is okay. (Why, Daddy, are there so many thistle-seeds blown across the Channel?)Maybe the thistles are a symbol of how painful the BREXIT will turn out to be
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The word order "with a cord around their necks" seems okay to me. But the version in which "the cord" appears second does not really make a big difference, if at all.
Instead of "began" - especially since it it used two times, I would rather use "started". Or change completely into sth.like: ... which in consequence meant that his friend was dragged behind him... But this is just personal taste. Hope I could help a little. Chris62
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If I was a USA citizen, I'd be thoroughly ashamed of the POTUS .....
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Hello, no indefinite article should be used here. "... kind of miracle" My favourite source to look such things up ist the Oxford Learner's Dictionary (OLD). Follow the link and see under + Grammar Point. https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/kind_1#kind_idmg_3 Chris
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I'd like to add that dangling prepositions will rather be found in written language than in spoken English.
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The question was if these two sentences grammatically correct. a. I found this book I think you will like some citations from. I am writing them down for you. b. I found this collection of short stories I am sure he will appreciate some stories from. I am sending the book to him.
I believe they are.
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As far as palapaguy's answer is concerned: Usage is often different from grammatical correctness. Remember the McDonald's slogan: "I'm loving it". Grammatically, this ought to be wrong.
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