Unlike many people, my first experience wasn’t learning how to ride a bike or adopting a new pet.
I am concerned with the "adopting" part....is this sentece gramatically correct? If not, how do I fix it?
2006-10-31 11:05:00 · 15 answers · asked by someone who knows 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
The problem is with following "Unlike many people" with "my first experience". The subject of the sentence is experience, and the "Unlike many people" refers to that, which makes no sense.
A better way to phrase it would be to leave out "Unlike many people" and just write, "My first experience wasn't learning how to ride a bike, nor adopting a new pet."
2006-10-31 11:14:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
My first experience, unlike many people wasn't learning how to ride a bike or adopting a pet.
2006-10-31 19:24:16 · answer #2 · answered by Pearl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My first experience, unlike many (could use "most"?) people, wasn't adopting a pet or learning to ride a bike.
Unlike most people, my first experience was not that of adopting a pet or learning to ride a bike.
I'd eliminate the "how" to simplify, and perhaps use "most" instead of "many" to make it a more powerful statement.
2006-10-31 19:16:59 · answer #3 · answered by Eve 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unlike many people, learning to riding a bike or adopting a pet was not my first experience.
2006-10-31 19:14:10 · answer #4 · answered by savio 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I agree with Evelyn E, but leave it with "many."
I just read it again. It's not correct. "My first experience, unlike that of many, was not learning how to ride a bike or adopting a pet." I believe this makes more sense.
2006-10-31 19:25:55 · answer #5 · answered by rebekkah hot as the sun 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My first experience in learning to ride a bike was running over my new adopted pet.
This gets rid of the pet problem right away.
2006-10-31 19:09:11 · answer #6 · answered by Kokopelli 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
my life was different from the mainstream of what one would call normal for a child.others were enjoying their first experience of riding a bike for the first time,or adopting a family pet. While in my young life----------you finish if you like
2006-10-31 19:14:26 · answer #7 · answered by lynn8953 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Contrary to popular belief, I never learnt how to ride a bike, and I didn't adopt a pet.
2006-10-31 23:01:23 · answer #8 · answered by Extemporaneous 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It makes no sense, unless you intended for the work "like" or "similar" to follow the word "how".
As it is, it is nonsense.
2006-10-31 19:13:02 · answer #9 · answered by Randy G 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
sounds fine to me
2006-10-31 19:10:58 · answer #10 · answered by Fireball 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋