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Old 20-Oct-2004, 13:16
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I've found this sentence on the internet:

We depend almost all of our energy resources on import from abroad.

How does it sound to you native speakers? Sounds natural?
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Old 20-Oct-2004, 15:00
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Nope.

It should be:

'We depend foralmost all of our energy resources on import from abroad.'

And even then it would be more clearly phrased:

'We depend on import from abroad for almost all of our energy resources.'
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Old 20-Oct-2004, 15:14
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Right. I thought it didn't.

Thank you, Mister Micawber! :)
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