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Are these sentences correct:

1) I saw Pete, Tom, Harry.
2) Pete, Tom, Harry came here yesterday.
3) He acted under the influence of Pete, Tom, Harry.
4) He acted under the influence of Pete, of Tom, of Harry.

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Navi

Thank you very much, Tony, '1' is supposed to mean: 1a) The influence of Derrida and deconstructionism, of Foucault and his ideas of consciousness and domination, remains strong, notwithstanding these reversals. 1b) "In spite of these reversals, the influence of Derrida and deconstructionism, of Fou...

1) "Notwithstanding these reversals, the influence of Derrida and deconstructionism, of Foucault and his ideas of consciousness and domination, remains strong. " Source for '1': Paul R. Gross, ‎Norman Levitt Higher Superstition: The Academic Left and Its Quarrels with Science Link: https://tinyurl....

Thank you very much for this detailed reply, I really appreciate your patience and the effort you've made. I can follow the first part of your explanation. It is crystal-clear. But as regards sentence '1', I seem hopelessly lost. I think I have a blind spot or something. To me, in that sentence 'muc...

Thank you very much, Tony, I hadn't heard 'much less' used that way. That was what was strange to me. The structure seems to be 'too adjective for A, much less for B' . I thought my '3' had the same structure, but now I see that maybe there is a difference. In '1', the visitors are going to be there...

1) "The sides of River Up are too wooded for stands, much less visitors," Source: E. R. Barnes Room Enough and Time: Lor Linden Book Two - Page 206 Link: https://tinyurl.com/y9dlw8lr I find '1' strange. Is it correct? How about: 2) The house was too big for us, more so for a smaller family. 3) The ...

Are these sentences correct: 1) Is he so smart to solve that problem on his own? 2) Is he so smart to have solved that problem on his own? Do they mean a) Is he smart enough to solve/to have solved that problem on his own? b) He solved that problem on his own, but does that mean he is really smart? ...

1) I kicked him escaping through the back door. 2) I kicked the thief escaping through the back door. 3) I kicked him, escaping through the back door. 4) I kicked the thief, escaping through the back door. 5) I shot at him escaping through the back door. 6) I shot at him, escaping through the back ...

Which are correct: 1) You have to be able to criticize yourself and understand that certain of your opinions might be wrong. Things aren't so just because you say they are so. 2) You have to be able to criticize yourself and understand that certain of your opinions might be wrong. Things aren't thus...

Which are correct: 1) They gave me this van to carry my belongings in. 2) They gave me this van to carry my belongings. 3) They gave me this van for carrying my belongings. 4) They gave me this van for carrying my belongings in. 5) They gave me a van to carry my belongings in. 6) They gave me a van ...

1) I am not happy about what is happening with the police in this country.

Could that sentence mean:
I am not happy about what the police is doing in this country.

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Navi

Which are correct:

1) They were talking about their city Paris.
2) They were talking about their city, Paris.

3) Her husband Tom was there.
4) Her husband, Tom, was there.

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Navi

Which are correct:

1) She has so many dresses you won't believe it.
2) She has so many dresses you won't believe.

3) She has so many dresses, you won't believe it.
4) She has so many dresses, you won't believe.


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Navi

Are these sentences correct: 1) I do not agree with everything somebody writes, no matter who that person is. 2) I do not agree with everything anybody writes. 3) I do not agree with everything somebody else writes, no matter who that person is. 4) I do not agree with everything anybody else writes....

Is this sentence correct:

1) She had a flower in each hand, which she was going to give to her mother and her aunt.
(one to the mother and one to the aunt)

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Navi.