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#2 (permalink) Sat Jul 10, 2010 8:19 am Inseparable and separable Pherasal verbs |
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Hello,
You mean: "What's wrong with this?"
Both sentences are wrong. With (1) you have used the wrong phrase, but I cannot work out what you are trying to say to help you to put it right. With (2) it would be correct to say, "Employees may work it out." but I think that might not be what you mean to say. It isn't possible to tell from such a short sentence though. _________________ Cheers m' dears! |
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#3 (permalink) Sat Jul 10, 2010 8:24 am Inseparable and separable Pherasal verbs |
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| When I read number one, the only prepositional object I could come up with to make that begin to make sense was "alignment." |
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#4 (permalink) Sat Jul 10, 2010 8:26 am Inseparable and separable Pherasal verbs |
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I wonder if 'falls out of' is the definition of another single word which might make more sense (or at least shed some light on it). _________________ Cheers m' dears! |
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#5 (permalink) Sat Jul 10, 2010 8:32 am Inseparable and separable Pherasal verbs |
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Hi Sa_Ma,
You have created a puzzle. My suggestion is - fall out of favour. This means that someone/something is no longer popular. Any good?
Alan _________________ English as a Second Language You can read my ESL story Present Simple |
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#6 (permalink) Sat Jul 10, 2010 10:30 am Inseparable and separable Pherasal verbs |
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ok .. thank you very much ...but I will write whole sentence hope you get understand the wrong with this.. 1-One pop psychologist has dveloped a system of four temperaments which uses a lion, beaver, otter, and golden retriever as examples of the four types, one of which they say eveyone's personality falls out of . 2-Personality typing is utilized by some schools and employers for the information that they believe provides them with clues as to how a prospective student or employee may work it out.... |
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Sa_Ma I'm new here and I like it ;-)
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#7 (permalink) Sat Jul 10, 2010 10:49 am Inseparable and separable Pherasal verbs |
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Ah! The penny drops! Instead of 'falls out of' you mean 'falls into'. Everybody's personality falls into one of these four categories.
In (2) to what does the pronoun 'it' refer? _________________ Cheers m' dears! |
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#8 (permalink) Sat Jul 10, 2010 11:25 am Inseparable and separable Pherasal verbs |
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| h'mm...I think the pronoun refer to Personality typing ...is it right? |
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Sa_Ma I'm new here and I like it ;-)
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#9 (permalink) Sat Jul 10, 2010 12:15 pm Inseparable and separable Pherasal verbs |
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I don't think so Sa_Ma. Personality typing is what is used by the employers to show them how an employee might do something - but what? We need the noun to which the pronoun relates.
For example, perhaps the 'it' refers to in general to the problems that employees might encounter (though I doubt it because 'problems' is plural and 'it' is singular). In which case, the noun could be 'problem(s)'. Then, '...may work it out.' should be '... may work the problem(s) out.'
Was this an exercise where you were asked to find the error? If so, perhaps use of the pronoun is the error. _________________ Cheers m' dears! |
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