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    As long as there continue to be fraudulent practices and the tacit acceptance of illegal behaviors spread across law enforcement agencies, a couple of conscientious individuals’ efforts to bring forth changes are nearly impossible.

    Hi,

    I want to get your expert opinions on how the above sentence looks grammatically.
    Are there any awkward expressions or grammatical fallacies?

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    Default Re: sentence correction

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    My take on that sentence:

    "As long as there continues to be fraudulent practices and tacit acceptance of illegal behavior in law agencies across the country, efforts to bring charges against criminals are futile."

    I added "criminals", but I don't know exactly who charges are being brought against.
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    Default Re: sentence correction

    it should be "there countinues as far as I know

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    Default Re: sentence correction

    Quote Originally Posted by hooshdar3 View Post
    it should be "there countinues as far as I know
    It probably should be continues, but both sound to me fine to me for some reason.

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    Default Re: sentence correction

    As long as there continues to be fraudulent practices and tacit acceptance of illegal behavior

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