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"ignore vs "be ignorant of" | Difference between loud, aloud and loudly
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first time, last time #1 (permalink) Tue May 06, 2008 17:34 pm   first time, last time
 

Hi,
1/ please check if my two sentences below are correct:
It was the first time I had done this
This is the last time I've done this
2/ The doctors here are ... provide patients with medicine
a. very ready to
b. far ready to
c. as much as ready to
d. only too ready to

=> the answer is d but I find it so awkward...
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first time, last time #2 (permalink) Tue May 06, 2008 19:13 pm   first time, last time
 

Hi Nessie

1.
It was the first time I had done this. --> OK
This is the last time I've done this. --> I'd prefer one of these:
This is the last time I'm going to do this.
-OR-
It was the last time I did this.

2.
I agree. It would sound more natural to me to say "only too willing to".
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first time, last time #3 (permalink) Fri May 09, 2008 11:40 am   first time, last time
 

But I still find "only too willing to" somehow strange... (+_+)
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