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Old 10-Dec-2006, 07:47
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Look at the delight a one-or two-year-old takes in learning, and you see how powerful is the human will to learn.
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Personally, I find that sentence a bit odd with inversion. I'd prefer it with 'is' at the end.
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Yes.

Dear Tdol,
Thank you very much for your reply. Now I see.

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Dear Philly,

'odd' means rare but grammatically correct. Is that right?

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Thank you in advance.

Jiang
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Look at the delight a one-or two-year-old takes in learning, and you see how powerful is the human will to learn.
Hi Jiang
Personally, I find that sentence a bit odd with inversion. I'd prefer it with 'is' at the end.
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