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#2 (permalink) Fri Dec 29, 2006 14:29 pm Errors: management are very highly important in an industrial society... |
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Hi Rosalisa
Better to use extremely in 1.".................management are extremely important....."
Sounds better to say 2"......... rose to leadership of the Sioux..." but personally would stick with leader.
and "it" would be better in 3. _________________ Please meet Stewart Tunncilff |
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#3 (permalink) Fri Dec 29, 2006 17:26 pm Errors: management are very highly important in an industrial society... |
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Rosalisa wrote: | 1. Effective relations between labor and management are very highly important in an industrial society. (Is it right to use 'very' together with 'highly'?) |
"Very highly" is excessively over-redundant. "Highly" is plenty, or as Stew said, you could go with "extremely".
Rosalisa wrote: | 2. In the nineteenth century, Red Cloud rose to leader among the Sioux through his bravery in battle and wisdom in council. (Can i change it to "rose to leadership?) |
"Leadership" would sound better in that sentence, but you can also say "rose to become leader of the Sioux".
Rosalisa wrote: | 3. Adobe bricks are made by wetting clay, mixing it with straw or hay, and packing into wooden frames. (There are four underlined choices. I think we should add 'it' after packing'. Is that right?) |
Colloquially, some people would speak in this kind of shorthand, but as Stew says, and as you say, we should add "it" after "packing". |
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#4 (permalink) Sat Dec 30, 2006 5:33 am Errors: management are very highly important in an industrial society... |
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Thank you very much indeed, Stew and Jamie, for clearing out my doubts. :D _________________ If you want to change the world, be one of the change. |
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