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Reply Sun 25 Jul, 2010 07:31 pm
You don't understand. Most of accomplishments that Stephen Hawking reached are made after suffering from Lou Gehrig's Disease.
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Reply Mon 26 Jul, 2010 07:34 am
You don't understand. Most of findings Stephen Hawking has made have come after being stricken with Lou Gehrig's Disease.
panzade
 
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Reply Mon 26 Jul, 2010 07:45 am
@PUNKEY,
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Most of findings Stephen Hawking has made
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JustBrooke
 
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Reply Mon 26 Jul, 2010 08:32 am
@oristarA,
oristarA wrote:

You don't understand. Most of accomplishments that Stephen Hawking reached are made after suffering from Lou Gehrig's Disease.


Just a quick comment. I don't know what country you are from, but you might want to check on the rules for eponyms. Here in the United States, we tend to drop the possessive form of a medical eponym such as Lou Gehrig's when followed by a noun. So it would be ...after suffering from Lou Gehrig disease. If the noun were dropped, it would be ...after suffering from Lou Gehrig's. Of course, there are always exceptions. Wink

Also - the word "disease" would not be capitalized in your sentence. Just the eponym.
panzade
 
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Reply Mon 26 Jul, 2010 09:49 am
@JustBrooke,
Ori is from China, Brooke. We've been helping him with English for a number of years.
Thanks for joining in.
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JTT
 
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Reply Mon 26 Jul, 2010 02:24 pm
@oristarA,
Edit the sentence if not being perfect please

Edit the sentence if it isn't perfect, please.

You don't understand. Most [of] accomplishments that Stephen Hawking [reached] made/achieved [are] were made after [suffering from]acquiring Lou Gehrig's disease.

You don't understand. Most of the accomplishments that Stephen Hawking [reached] made/achieved [are] were made after [suffering from] he acquired Lou Gehrig's disease.

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oristarA
 
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Reply Mon 26 Jul, 2010 10:03 pm
Thank you all.
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