The archaeologists were astonished

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ucef

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Hello,

Are these sentences correct?

1-The archaeologists were astonished to find such an incredibly rare beautiful artifact at that particular site.

2-Only after they had completed the analysis to that degree did they begin to ask how to apply technology to the needs of our enterprise.

3-The ostrich, which meat contains less cholesterol, is getting more and more popular.

4-The judges has an extremely hard time deciding whose painting was the best.

My answer:
1-3 and 4 are correct.

Thank you in advance :)
 

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1 is OK, 2 is correct, 3 and 4 are wrong.
 

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1 is OK, 2 is correct, 3 and 4 are wrong.
Teacher Rover, I fail to see how the particle 'did' makes sentence 2 correct.

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The structure 'Only after I had done this did I do that' is perfectly correct.
 

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Thank you very much :)
 

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Hello,

Are these sentences correct?

1-The archaeologists were astonished to find such an incredibly rare (a comma or "and") beautiful artifact at that particular site.

2-Only after they had completed the analysis to that degree did they begin to ask how to apply technology to the needs of our enterprise. OK.

3-The ostrich, [STRIKE] which [/STRIKE] whose meat contains less cholesterol, is getting more and more popular.

4-The judges [STRIKE] has [/STRIKE] had an extremely hard time deciding whose painting was the best.

My answer:
1-3 and 4 are correct.

Thank you in advance :)
b.
 

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ucef, instead of sending your thanks in a separate message and quoting our replies back to us, just click the Like button, please.

Additionally, If you want to use smileys, please use the :) icon instead of :). You'll find it much quicker.

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