 #2 (permalink) Sat Apr 07, 2007 9:41 am English prepositions |
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Hi LS,
Just my two cents:
I found only 'in' to be incorrect in the following sentence and changed it to:
On May, 1988...
P.S. There are some typos in the text, but I suppose you were simply in a hurry. |
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| #3 (permalink) Sat Apr 07, 2007 11:43 am English prepositions |
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| lost_soul wrote: |
| People who live in California have every reason to be afraid of earthquakes. No one has ever forgotten the earthquake that destroyed San Francisco in 1906. In May 1988, the people of Los Angeles panicked. According to a prophecy made in the 16th century by a prophet called Nostradamus, the city would be destroyed early in 1988. During this panic, people didn't send their children to school and people didn't go to work. No one stayed at home either. The airlines did great business carrying people who fled (from) their doomed city. Which is more puzzling: How Nostradamus knew that a city which didn't even exist in his time would be destroyed in the 20th century, or the behavior of the people who believed the prophecy? |
Hi LS
"In May 1988" is correct, but please note that I deleted the comma after 'May' -- it's completely unnecessary. However, if that was a typo too and you left out the day in May, then you need the comma and the preposition 'on'. The preposition 'from' is only optional after 'fled' (i.e. you can use it if you want, but don't have to). Since I didn't find any errors in your choice of prepositions, I corrected the typos and changed the spelling of 'behavior' (to reflect the version of English that is spoken in California). 8)
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