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Torsten
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 #3 (permalink) Tue Jan 06, 2009 22:55 pm Finish or end? |
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| what is mean: i didn't take long for the children...? |
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| #4 (permalink) Wed Jan 07, 2009 10:49 am Finish or end? |
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Hi Neven,
(to take long) or (to take too long) means (to take long time)
Also when you say (Don't take too long.) means (Don't take a long time.) or (Don't be late.)
Hope this leave you well.
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| #5 (permalink) Wed Jan 07, 2009 17:58 pm Finish or end? |
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Thank you for explanation Nola!
Neven (I little took english ).Please tell me hov I may This say? |
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| #6 (permalink) Fri Mar 06, 2009 9:47 am Finish or end? |
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Could you please expline me
Is the Word "Children" flural? |
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| #7 (permalink) Fri Mar 06, 2009 9:54 am Finish or end? |
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Children is plural, not 'flural'. Also, the word 'exline' does not exist. Your sentence should read 'Could you please tell me' or 'Could you please explain to me...'
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| #8 (permalink) Fri Mar 06, 2009 12:43 pm Finish or end? |
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Thanks a lot Mr.Torsten
You are such a "Down To Earth Person"
Can you please tell me a sigular of "Children" |
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| #9 (permalink) Sat Mar 07, 2009 21:45 pm Finish or end? |
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Can you please tell me a singular of "Children"
CHILD.
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| #10 (permalink) Mon Jul 06, 2009 22:51 pm Finish or end? |
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Hallo Mr.Torsten,
You wrote:
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| 'Could you please explain to me...' |
I would like to know could I say this phrase so: ' Could you please explain me (without to)'? Or the meaning of the sentence will be wrong?
Could it be so: if we use this sentence with TO, it means, that we are talking to a person, who something don't understand.
if we use this sentence without To-it means to explain the people's anatomism
Could you correct me, please. |
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| #11 (permalink) Mon Jul 06, 2009 23:08 pm Finish or end? |
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| Torsten wrote: |
| Children is plural, not 'flural'. Also, the word 'exline' does not exist. Your sentence should read 'Could you please tell me' or 'Could you please explain to me...' |
Mr. Torsten,
I reread your explanation and I'm totally confused, I can't understand why we use 'TELL ME' (without TO. Why we can't say "tell to me"?), but 'EXPLAIN TO ME' (with to).
Please, help me to deal with it |
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| #12 (permalink) Fri Mar 12, 2010 22:01 pm Finish or end? |
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Thank's for test.
My result was 3 correct answers :(, for my regret.
I had't rad "finish vs. end" befor took the test.
The errors was in:
2. They wanted their daughter to improve her social skills and sent her to the famous finishing school in Switzerland.
I used ENDING - thought it the right adjective for the "school"
4. Sadly their marriage of 25 years ended in divorce.
I used ENDS for reason "why to use past form ? may be it(marrige) endS now"
5 It didn't take long for the children to finish off the cakes and pastries that had not been eaten at the party.
END - looked write for me :) as they(children) killed the cakes
6 He thought they would all share the cost of the meal but unfortunately he ended up paying for everybody.
ENDS - was incorrectly used in present, whrere the first verb "thought" was in past
8 You could tell the time by him because he always finished work at exactly the same time every day.
so as 6 answer - "could" is in past, and the right form was verb+ed
9 and 10 - jast zero
Now I'm going to read the aticle :) |
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| #13 (permalink) Sat Mar 13, 2010 8:01 am Finish or end? |
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| Torsten wrote: |
| Children is plural, not 'flural'. Also, the word 'exline' does not exist. Your sentence should read 'Could you please tell me' or 'Could you please explain to me...' |
i thanks Mr Torsten for your attention and answers to our question. very excelent |
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| #14 (permalink) Wed Apr 28, 2010 6:02 am 3rd test |
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Torsten,
I've got 8 correct, but there is a side question always bothers me, question-5: "It didn't take long for the children to finish off the cakes...." what's the different if we don't use off after "finish"? |
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| #15 (permalink) Wed Apr 28, 2010 6:03 am 3rd test |
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Torsten,
I've got 8 correct, but there is a side question always bothers me, question-5: "It didn't take long for the children to finish off the cakes...." what's the different if we don't use off after "finish"? |
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| what's the meaning of fall back on in this context? | is or are? Thanks:) |
