Re: Question about English

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From: Lei Tanabe
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 00:00

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"Shimpei Yamashita" <shimpei@gol.com> wrote in message
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> M_SHIRAISHI  <eurms@apionet.or.jp> writes:
> >
> >How about "Not a star was be seen in the sky."?
> >Grammatically correct, but do you feel this still clumsy ?
>
> That should be "Not a star was to be seen in the sky."

Yes, that's OK.
It's a bit emphasized but not clumsy.

Lei

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