00:01
Number nine, the sentence in question is, unlike my friends, these aren't people i know well enough staying in contact with after i move.
00:09
You'll notice that what they're messing with is this phrase, staying in contact, to stay in contact, so that staying in contact, or for the keeping in touch, which is essentially the same idea.
00:20
What we're looking for is the clearest, shortest way to say this that we would be most likely to use in everyday speech.
00:28
If you find yourself stumbling over your words as you test these out, that's a sign that it's incorrect.
00:33
Go with the one that just kind of rolls off the tongue.
00:36
So we can definitely, for that reason, get rid of d for the keeping in touch.
00:41
You would never say that.
00:42
You'd say to keep in touch.
00:43
You wouldn't say for the keeping in touch.
00:48
A and c are quite long in comparison.
00:52
These aren't people i know well enough staying in contact with, know well enough so that staying in contact with after i move.
00:59
Also tend to beg more information.
01:01
You read them and you want there to be a comma and something else...