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Old 09-Nov-2006, 21:22
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Could anyone please tell me if the text is grammatically correct?


A few days ago, in the night, A gaint like man wearing a long black coat with a mask on his face came into my dream and told me that someone is trying to kill me. The next morning I found a man with the same appearance.
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Old 09-Nov-2006, 21:40
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Better to say; 'A few nights ago I dreamt of a giant-like man with a long black coat and wearing a mask. In the dream he warned me that someone was trying to kill me. The next morning I saw a man with the same appearance...'

'A few days ago, in the night' is incongruous. A small spelling mistake on 'giant' which should be hyphenated. Better to use smaller sentences to get your message across - i.e your dream, then the warning, then seeing the man in your dream. Do go on the suspense is killing me...
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