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June 22, 2021

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Sudden Sad News

When I ate dinner tonight, I heard one of my room mates are going to move out in next September.
He has lived in the dorm before I moved here about 2 years ago.
And he is a last person who has lived in the dorm longer than I.
I'm really sad to hear that. Perhaps it is the saddest news in my university's life.
But there are still several months to go before he move out, so we decided we will hold some parties with our unit member.

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Sudden Sad News

But there are still several months to go before he move out, so we decided we will hold some parties with our unit member.

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When I ate dinner tonight, I heard one of my room mates are going to move out in next September.


When I ate dinner tonight, I heard that one of my room mates areis going to move out in next September. When I ate dinner tonight, I heard that one of my roommates is going to move out next September.

The subject of the second clause is "one," so the verb should be conjugated in the third-person singular ("is," not "are").

He has lived in the dorm before I moved here about 2 years ago.


He has livedbeen living in the dorm since before I moved here about 2 years ago. He has been living in the dorm since before I moved here about 2 years ago.

And he is a last person who has lived in the dorm longer than I.


And he is a lastthe only person who has lived in the dorm longer than I. And he is the only person who has lived in the dorm longer than I.

I'm really sad to hear that.


I'm really sad to hear thatis news. I'm really sad to hear this news.

Perhaps it is the saddest news in my university's life.


Perhaps it is the saddest news in my university's life. Perhaps it is the saddest news in my university life.

"My university life" = my life while I'm in university "My university's life" = the entire length of the university's existence

But there are still several months to go before he move out, so we decided we will hold some parties with our unit member.


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