| What were his meticulous/exact/accurate/correct words? | BC 1000 or 1000 bc or bc 1000 or 1000 b.c. or b.c. 1000 |
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 Wed Aug 16, 2006 7:16 am Phrase: Although we may pride ourselves a great deal |
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Dear teachers,
In my class, my teacher wrote on the blackboard:
Much as we may pride ourselves on our good taste,
we are no longer free to choose the things we want. (1)
So, she continued to write:
........of our good taste, we are no longer free to choose the things we want.
a. So proud may we be
b. Although we may pride ourselves a great deal
c. Proud as we may be
d. Pride ourselves as we may
My teacher chose Proud as we may be.
1/Coul you tell me why a,b,d aren't not correct? a,b,d are all correct in grammar?
2/In (1), why "as much", but not "much as"?
Best regards
Tung Quoc
PS: In my class, my teacher doesn't explain, she only gave the final answers. |
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| Wed Aug 16, 2006 9:31 am Words |
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Hi,
You asked:
| Quote: | Much as we may pride ourselves on our good taste,
we are no longer free to choose the things we want. (1)
So, she continued to write:
........of our good taste, we are no longer free to choose the things we want.
a. So proud may we be
b. Although we may pride ourselves ourselves a great deal
c. Proud as we may be
d. Pride ourselves as we may
My teacher chose Proud as we may be.
1/Could you tell me why a,b,d aren't not correct? a,b,d are all correct in grammar?
2/In (1), why "as much", but not "much as"? |
My first comment is that grammar and meaning are different aspects. In other words what you write/say has to make sense.
| Quote: | | So proud we may be |
is unfinished. You need to rewrite: We may be so proud that ...
| Quote: | | Although we may pride ourselves ourselves a great deal |
again is unfinished. You could say: Although we may pride ourselves on being accurate/on our accuracy ..
| Quote: | | Pride ourselves as we may |
is also unfinished since it lacks 'on'
Your last point: isn't that what your teacher in fact wrote?
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| Wed Aug 16, 2006 11:51 am Words |
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Dear teacher,
Yes, all were written by my teacher. She took them in Developping skills by L.G. Alexander.
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is also unfinished since it lacks 'on' "
1/I understood that a,b,d weren't chosen because they're unfinished, as you explained.
Could you rewrite all sentence with Pride ourselves as we may on....
2/ Proud as we may be of our good taste, we are no longer free to choose the things we want. (*) (The final answer that my teacher chose)
(*) is correct?
Many thanks for your response
Tung Quoc |
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| Wed Aug 16, 2006 13:59 pm Words |
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| tung quoc wrote: | | Quote: | | Pride ourselves as we may |
is also unfinished since it lacks 'on' "
1/I understood that a,b,d weren't chosen because they're unfinished, as you explained.
Could you rewrite all sentence with Pride ourselves as we may on....
2/ Proud as we may be of our good taste, we are no longer free to choose the things we want. (*) (The final answer that my teacher chose)
(*) is correct? |
Hi Quoc
1/
Pride ourselves as we may on our good taste, we are no longer free to choose the things we want.
(The word on replaces the word of)
2/
Yes, your teacher's solution is correct.
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