is this sentence correct?

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While fleeing, not many people used to actually escape

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@notanenglish,

Yes Not, but needs a bit of flesh

In this attempt to flee their captors, few actually escaped: What initially seemed a horizon of freedom proved to be so fenced by convention that many later expressed a desire to return…..

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@dalehileman,

thank you

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@dalehileman,

Is that supposed to be helpful, Dale?

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@McTag,

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Is that supposed to be helpful, Dale?

Yes, no, som'r helped, som'r not

Meanwhile Mac, whatcha havta offer

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@dalehileman,

I think, if you have something which will help the OP, then offer it. The quality and content of the question will help you judge how to pitch it.
Otherwise it is better to keep stumm, imo.

I see this OP is a newbie. So make nice, is what I would advise.

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@notanenglish,

In accordance with Mac's crit

While fleeing, not many people actually escaped

….reason: "used to" somehow interrupts one's train of understanding

While supposedly fleeing, not many had actually escaped

….."Supposedly" introducing a kind of uncertainty; the"people" deleted as somewhat redundant

Formerly, in their initial attempts at escape not many of them actually succeeded

…..supposing an earlier context defining the time period. Commas incidentally on their way out

While fleeing, however, not many of them actually escaped

….again taking liberties in the assumption of context, the "however" providing a link to the previous thought; with "them" serving much the same purpose in identifying the particular group trying to get away

So I wonder Not whether I might have been of any help at all
…forgiving the pun

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I am new in the forum Wink

I come from Poland and have many problem with english grammar..can you help me? Namely, is this sentence correct?
"I was at school with her back in 2010. The we haven't seen/didn't see each other for years." I do not know what option is correct, the first one ot the second one?

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@josek20,

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I was at school with her back in 2010. The we haven't seen/didn't see each other for years.

"Back in" is okay, but it's a bit colloquial.

Try "I was at school with her in 2010. Then we didn't see each other for years."

also
...Since then we haven't seen each other.
or, After that we didn't see each other for years.

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@McTag,

Thank you very much Wink

is this sentence correct?

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