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BK_Adores_Chase

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Does this sentence make sense?
« on: November 22, 2010, 01:28:39 pm »
We spend a lot of our time working – sure, to pay the bills, but also to buy the material items that we desire – don’t let the life you’ve worked so hard for go up in smoke without setting yourself up for compensation.

^ part of my conclusion for my persuasive speech on home inventory.  Thanks for your input!

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Re: Does this sentence make sense?
« Reply #1 on: November 22, 2010, 01:50:53 pm »
It makes sense to me. My Grammar isn't very good , though.

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Re: Does this sentence make sense?
« Reply #2 on: November 22, 2010, 04:18:17 pm »
It appears to make clear sense. Though I don't know what all lead up to this concluding sentence, so I couldn't tell you how well it fits with the rest of the text, but sounds good to me I reckon. Good luck with you speech! :)

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Re: Does this sentence make sense?
« Reply #3 on: November 22, 2010, 05:45:15 pm »
i understood it

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Re: Does this sentence make sense?
« Reply #4 on: November 23, 2010, 03:56:18 pm »
yupp

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Re: Does this sentence make sense?
« Reply #5 on: November 23, 2010, 04:03:32 pm »
Makes sense, and appears grammatically correct.  (I am "good at grammar").

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Re: Does this sentence make sense?
« Reply #6 on: November 23, 2010, 08:35:13 pm »
I understood your conclusion!

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Re: Does this sentence make sense?
« Reply #7 on: November 23, 2010, 09:07:32 pm »
Yea, gota get some compensation, not only bills. Compensation is needed to keep going.  :D

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Re: Does this sentence make sense?
« Reply #8 on: November 24, 2010, 12:32:56 am »
It appears to make sense to me, and also it is very professional sounding. I love it!  ;D

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Re: Does this sentence make sense?
« Reply #9 on: November 24, 2010, 04:18:08 am »
We spend a lot of our time working – sure, to pay the bills, but also to buy the material items that we desire – don’t let the life you’ve worked so hard for go up in smoke without setting yourself up for compensation.

^ part of my conclusion for my persuasive speech on home inventory.  Thanks for your input!
It's a run-on sentence. Try this way:

We spend a lot of our time working to pay the bills, but also to buy the material items that we desire. Don’t let the life you’ve worked so hard for go up in smoke without setting yourself up for compensation.

 :thumbsup:

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