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celtaflorida

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:)Hi, please tell me in the following double comparative sentences whether or not "is" should be omitted,and doest it make any difference if it comes at the end of either clauses. Thanks.

The better the quality of health is, the lower the death rate.
The higher the life expectancy, the larger the elderly population is.
 
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:)Hi, please tell me in the following double comparative sentences whether or not "is" should be omitted,and doest it make any difference if it comes at the end of either clauses. Thanks.

The better the quality of health is, the lower the death rate.
The higher the life expectancy, the larger the elderly population is.


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(a) Go to the search box.

(b) Type these words: the the.

(c) Go to page 5 of the results.

(d) Look for a post entitled "The ...The ..." (January 8, 2011).
(I cannot seem to find it) You could try this. Go to the page you want us to see, copy the page address (it's at the top of your screen and it starts with http://). Then paste that address in your post and wrap the following text around it:

(url=paste address here)type in link name here(/url)


NOTE, replace ( ) with square brackets [ ]
 
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***** NOT A TEACHER *****


(1) Like you, I am also waiting for a teacher/ knowledgeable non-teacher

to answer your most interesting question.

(2) I do not want to give you a wrong answer, so I shall say nothing.

(3) While we are waiting for an answer, please do this:

(a) Go to the search box.

(b) Type these words: the the.

(c) Go to page 5 of the results.

(d) Look for a post entitled "The ...The ..." (January 8, 2011).

(i) In that post, a moderator and a key member both explain the

matter in an excellent manner. It's really good.

P.S. I do not know anything about computers, so I cannot link to the

thread for you. Sorry!!!
:)thanks.
 
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