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Expression: A little salt on my food



 
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Expression: A little salt on my food #1 (permalink) Thu Nov 13, 2003 10:37 am   Expression: A little salt on my food
 

hello all of you,

Test No. errors/elem-3 "She works hard", question 1

If you don't mind I'd like to have a few salt on my food before it gets any colder.

(a) mind
(b) a few
(c) food

Test No. errors/elem-3 "She works hard", answer 1

If you don't mind I'd like to have a little salt on my food before it gets any colder.

Correct entry: a little
The error was: (b) a few

my question to this sentence is: what does it mean "before it gets any older"?? is it like.... you are so slow to pass me the salt and i can't stand it anymore?? and 2.) isn't it a quiet rude saying?? 3.) could you give me please an example for this sentence?

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Where did you find this phrase? #2 (permalink) Thu Nov 13, 2003 17:44 pm   Where did you find this phrase?
 

Hi Judith,

Thanks for your note - I'll certainly reply with my comments. But could you first please tell me where this sentence comes from.

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A little salt on my food #3 (permalink) Fri Nov 14, 2003 10:45 am   A little salt on my food
 

hello Alan,

this sentence comes from the test: "errors in sentences what's wrong with this?-example" test number 3, question 1.

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A little salt on my food #4 (permalink) Fri Nov 14, 2003 10:53 am   A little salt on my food
 

oh...and it is from a "elementary" test.

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A little salt on my food #5 (permalink) Fri Nov 14, 2003 16:59 pm   A little salt on my food
 

judith wrote:
oh...and it is from a "elementary" test.

judith


Hi Judith,

Thanks for coming back on this. No wonder you were having problems with this sentence. It is in fact a typing mistake and should read COLDER and not 'older'

We will now put this right and thanks for drawing our attention to it.

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A little salt on my food #6 (permalink) Fri Nov 14, 2003 17:30 pm   A little salt on my food
 

hello alan,

everything is clear now!! i didn't think about that it could be a typing mistake. i thought something like "the british houmor"...?h.. is always intersting Wink

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proof-reading tools #7 (permalink) Sat Jan 31, 2009 20:11 pm   proof-reading tools
 

Dear Alan..

we have already come up with a handful of proof-reading tools to probe through the possible errors in spelling as well as in grammar.

But still we lack some vital program with artificial intelligence or something like that which will correct the words in our sentences according to the contextual meanings..

May be I am dreaming for this miracle to happen soon...
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