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Old 15-May-2008, 05:43
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1. The comments the expert made concerning stock-market bothered him greatly, making him not fall asleep all night.

2. The comments the expert made concerning stock-market bothered him greatly, which made him not fall asleep all night.

3. The comments the expert made concerned stock-market bothered him greatly, making him not fall asleep all night.

4. The comments the expert made concerned stock-market bothered him greatly, which made him not fall asleep all night.

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I will prefer the following sentence

1. The expert’s comments on the stock marketbothered him so much that he was up the whole night.

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2. The expert’s comments onthe stock market bothered him so much that he was not able to sleep the whole night
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3. The expert’s comments on the stock market bothered him so much that he was unable to sleep thewhole night

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The expert's comments on stock market bothered and made him sleepless the whole night.

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What about 1-4? Are they OK to use?
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Having heard the expert's comments concerning the stock market he couldn't get asleep the whole night.

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Hi,
This is my first ever post! I've thought about your question and this is the best I can come up with:

He was so bothered by the expert's comments concerning the stock market that he was unable to sleep all night.
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Let me be the first one to welcome you to the forums, Estrellita-Bonita!

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Hi estrellita-bonita

Welcome on board.

Why do you think 1 and 2 are inappropriate?

Maybe 1&2 are grammatical correct, but don't sound natural to you native speakers.

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Hi, thanks for the welcome ,

Yes, you are right that strictly speaking sentences 1 and 2 are not grammatically incorrect, but they sound a little awkward to a native speaker. They're probably more appropriate to spoken rather than written english.
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Just as an aside, use "thet stock market" not "stock-market."

You need the article, and it has no hyphen.
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