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Alc24 Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
3 Alternative choice of words (need help)
Which would you say?
1 I dropped my ice cream on the ground and my dad yelled at me for being too/very slow to pick it up./as I was too slow to pick it up.
2 This movie is a mix of/between comedy and action.
3 The faucet trickled/ dripped water, not allowing me to fall asleep becuase of the noise.
4 That's obviously the thing that's going to happen/what's going to happen.
Thank you
1 I dropped my ice cream on the ground and my dad yelled at me for being too/very slow to pick it up./as I was too slow to pick it up.
2 This movie is a mix of/between comedy and action.
3 The faucet trickled/ dripped water, not allowing me to fall asleep becuase of the noise.
4 That's obviously the thing that's going to happen/what's going to happen.
Thank you
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/ as I was too slow to pick it up. 2 This movie is a mix of/ between comedy and action. ) 3 The faucet trickled / dripped water, not allowing me to fall asleep becuase of the noise.
- / as I was too slow to pick it up.
- 2 This movie is a mix of/ between comedy and action.
- ) 3 The faucet trickled / dripped water, not allowing me to fall asleep becuase of the noise.
- ") 4 That's obviously the thing that's going to happen/ what's going to happen .
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alc241 I dropped my ice cream on the ground and my dad yelled at me for being too/veryslow to pick it up./as I was too slow to pick it up.
2 This movie is a mix of/betweencomedy and action. (Between is also used.)
3 The faucettrickled/ dripped water, not allowing me to fall asleep becuase of the no
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3) The sound of the dripping faucet kept me awake all night.
4) That's obviously something which is going to happen.
4) That's obviously something which is going to happen.
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What about "Water trickled from the faucet, not allowing me to sleep./preventing me from sleeping."
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I think you need "dripped" rather than "trickled".
There is perhaps "too much sentence" here. How about: Water dripped from the faucet, keeping me awake all night. [This sounds a little more natural, although your longer version is correct.]
There is perhaps "too much sentence" here. How about: Water dripped from the faucet, keeping me awake all night. [This sounds a little more natural, although your longer version is correct.]
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alc,
As suggested by earlier comment from another poster, take the advices from the experts. If your version were natural sounding, we wouldn't have made the revision.
Trickle: The river slows to a trickle. - noun usage
Rarely used as verb.
As suggested by earlier comment from another poster, take the advices from the experts. If your version were natural sounding, we wouldn't have made the revision.
Trickle: The river slows to a trickle. - noun usage
Rarely used as verb.
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If we were allowed to use only the most common language in every case, a lot of great literature would be relegated to the trash bin.
The only truly rare thing I see here is "The faucet trickled water." The dictionary lists the transitive usage, but I've never heard it. (It's defined as "to cause to trickle.")
The poster may prefer "trickled" for its onomatopoeic qualities.
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The only truly rare thing I see here is "The faucet trickled water." The dictionary lists the transitive usage, but I've never heard it. (It's defined as "to cause to trickle.")
The poster may prefer "trickled" for its onomatopoeic qualities.
I ori
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