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Old 25-Jun-2004, 23:00
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Default Re: check this sentence out

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Terry had to spend the weekend without his car because the garage had trouble finding the parts to fix it.
It's not a great sentence that's for sure.

What about if we added a couple of commas?

Terry had to spend the weekend without his car, because the garage had trouble, finding the parts to fix it.

It's not much better, but I think it helps.
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