
30-Jan-2008, 12:30
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 | Harmless drudge | | Join Date: Jul 2006
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Re: help! Quote:
Originally Posted by yqivy Is this a correct sentence "Because of [a or the] snow storm, he hasn’t started out until the day before yesterday."? | "Storm" is countable, so you need some kind of determiner. Alternatively, you could use a different noun - for example "Because of adverse winds...." (or, in this case, "Because of snowy conditions...).
The tense of the verb needs to be different, as you specify the time - would you like to think again and suggest an improvement?
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