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#2 (permalink) Sun Jan 30, 2011 9:53 am right or wrong? |
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I have underlined some problem areas:
A: I want this trip to be inception to something. B: I want to get an inconceivable happening this weekend.- How odd! C: The big bang theory is considered to postulate (This verb is transitive.) D: The fact that she is gone out of my life is implausible.-- Facts are facts, my friend. E: The guard postulated my ID card. (Wrong verb.) F: Aboriginal people used to communicate with a body language. G: They went out last night stealthily. H: I have to disentangle my problems with my friend.-- Who will do the disentangling, just you or both of you? _________________ Native English teacher at Mister Micawber's |
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#3 (permalink) Sun Jan 30, 2011 13:20 pm right or wrong? |
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Thanks Mister Micawber, but I was just wondering, isn't letter G supposed to be put this way: They went out stealthily last night. I read a grammar book saying that adverbs follow this order: Manner, Place & Time. But I don't want to completely rely on what I read because I sometimes have a tendency to misunderstand them. Are both sentences grammatical and natural-sounding to native speakers?
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Nie I'm here quite often ;-)
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#4 (permalink) Sun Jan 30, 2011 13:56 pm right or wrong? |
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You can do all these:
They went out stealthily last night. They went out last night stealthily. They went stealthily out last night. Stealthily, they went out last night.
Now, how about fixing the sentences with REAL problems? _________________ Native English teacher at Mister Micawber's |
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#5 (permalink) Sun Jan 30, 2011 14:14 pm right or wrong? |
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A: I want this trip to be the start of something exciting. B: I want to experience something inconceivable this weekend. C: The Big Bang theory had been postulated. D: The guard accepted my ID card. (I'm not really sure what the original sentence means) E: Aboriginal people used to communicate with body language.
Are they all correct Mister Micawber?
I truly appreciate your help :) |
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Nie I'm here quite often ;-)
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#6 (permalink) Sun Jan 30, 2011 23:06 pm right or wrong? |
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All of those are very good. I don't know what the original D was intended to mean either. _________________ Native English teacher at Mister Micawber's |
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#7 (permalink) Mon Jan 31, 2011 7:58 am right or wrong? |
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| Thanks Mister Micawber |
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Nie I'm here quite often ;-)
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