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Is that correct If I say "
Think about Bill Gates, Warren Buffett,why they are widely well-known? It's money make them famous.
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Is that correct If I say "
Think about Bill Gates, Warren Buffett,Why they are widely [strike]well-[/strike]known? It's money that makes them famous.
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Either well-known or widely known (no hyphen with a work that ends in -ly).
that makes them, or that has made them.

You don't think a little company called Microsoft might have made Bill Gates a well-known name?
 

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Haha, you do think it's a little company? I mean Microsoft.

You are right. Microsoft has made Bill Gates well-known. But you can't neglect that It's Microsoft that made Bill Gates became the most wealthy person in the world. This title also made him famous. Right?



Either well-known or widely known (no hyphen with a work that ends in -ly).
that makes them, or that has made them.

You don't think a little company called Microsoft might have made Bill Gates a well-known name?
 

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By the way, why did you use "W" in capital after the comma?
Thank you.:-D
Either well-known or widely known (no hyphen with a work that ends in -ly).
that makes them, or that has made them.

You don't think a little company called Microsoft might have made Bill Gates a well-known name?
 

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Is [STRIKE]that[/STRIKE] it correct [STRIKE]If[/STRIKE] if I say:

"Think about Bill Gates and Warren Buffett. Why [STRIKE]they are[/STRIKE]are they[STRIKE]widely[/STRIKE] well-known? It's money
which makes them famous."​


Please see my amendments to your grammar, punctuation and spacing. I agree with Barb that they are not famous because they are rich.
 
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When I read it on my phone, I thought it was a full stop.

If Bill Gates chose to pay himself only a modest salary and put everything else into his charitable foundation, he would still be famous.
 

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When I read it on my phone, I thought it was a full stop.

If Bill Gates chose to pay himself only a modest salary and put everything else into his charitable foundation, he would still be famous.

And if Apple didn't exist, he would probably still be famous too.
 

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I like this. But the bad thing is Steve's gone.

The new ipad doesn't make me very excited
And if Apple didn't exist, he would probably still be famous too.
 

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It's true. He is a guy who can be successful, no matter whatever he does.
When I read it on my phone, I thought it was a full stop.

If Bill Gates chose to pay himself only a modest salary and put everything else into his charitable foundation, he would still be famous.
 

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Thank you for your amendments and offering a different opinion.
Please see my amendments to your grammar, punctuation and spacing. I agree with Barb that they are not famous because they are rich.
 
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