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Re: who can help me correct my language?

by Spambox@[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alan Pemberton) Jan 15, 2008 at 06:04 PM

Eva <pengweilunwen@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> However, Bertrand Russell, hoping to find the
> essence from the long-history China,

I'm not sure what you mean by that. "..hoping to find the essence of
ancient China..." perhaps? Or "..hoping to find the essence of China
distilled during its long history..."?

> visited China in 1920 and sang
> praise of Chinese civilization greatly in his famous book The Problem
> of China.

The phrase in English is usually "..sang the praises of...", but as such
is regarded as a cliche. Simply "..praised..." would do very well here.

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who can help me correct my language?
Eva <pengweilunwen@[EM  2008-01-14 01:24:45 
Re: who can help me correct my language?
sprocket <bucket@[EMAI  2008-01-14 11:09:38 
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"john@[EMAIL PROTECT  2008-01-14 04:51:16 
Re: who can help me correct my language?
Spambox@[EMAIL PROTECTED]  2008-01-15 18:04:06 

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