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#2 (permalink) Wed Feb 18, 2009 14:27 pm Sentence: I doubted about the functionality of this code. |
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. Neither. Use these:
"I doubted the functionality of this code." "I suspected the functionality of this code." . _________________ Native English teacher at Mister Micawber's |
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#3 (permalink) Thu Feb 19, 2009 2:38 am Sentence: I doubted about the functionality of this code. |
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| It's better to say "I thought the code would not run due to some causes". See cause vs. reason for differences. |
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Anna.ha I'm here quite often ;-)
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#4 (permalink) Sun Feb 22, 2009 9:02 am Sentence: I doubted about the functionality of this code. |
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. No, that's not so good, Anna. . _________________ Native English teacher at Mister Micawber's |
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#5 (permalink) Sun Feb 22, 2009 9:07 am Sentence: I doubted about the functionality of this code. |
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Why Mr. M? I was taught that reason is usually for good/expected outcome while cause for something unexpected. Could you shed some more light? |
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Anna.ha I'm here quite often ;-)
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#6 (permalink) Sun Feb 22, 2009 9:36 am Sentence: I doubted about the functionality of this code. |
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. It is not a natural sentence. Native speakers front the negation to the main clause. 'Due to' is suspect here. 'Some causes' is unnatural; we would use the singular. 'Reason' is fine there anyway (you have some prescriptive difference which does not hold), though I would have the same complaints about Suresh's sentence--except that that sentence was not under consideration in this thread. . _________________ Native English teacher at Mister Micawber's |
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| Sentence: I like such... as vs. I like ... such as... | Word: Just as when vs when; in case vs just in case |