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Avoiding repetition — “hallway” [closed]
In many forums, I have seen people keep saying to avoid repetition of the same word in a paragraph. But in the sentence like below, how do you avoid the repetition?
Suddenly, the dog stands up and ...
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Multiple “in”s in a sentence [closed]
I always wonder whether the sentences which contain multiple *in*s are proper / a good practice. For example,
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Ok. May be it was a bad example. Sorry about that. But it's a real question.
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How can you use “either… or” twice in a sentence?
I want to be able to say something like:
There either needs to be X to do either Xa or Xb or there needs to be Y.
(edit: since from some answers it doesn't seen to be clear, I mean that that Xa ...
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How to avoid needless repetition? [closed]
In German, repetition is frowned upon. For example:
Instead of the disfavored repetitions
Der Professor betreut die Studenten bei der Ausarbeitung der Bachelorarbeiten und Masterarbeiten.
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Is it proper to start a sentence with the word that ended the last sentence?
For example:
Instead, you’ll use a higher-level model called ASP.NET AJAX. ASP.NET AJAX gives you a set of server-side components and controls that you can use when designing your web page.
This ...
