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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Are these sentences correct?
Hello,
Could you, please, correct my senteces?
1. Lack of a house is a big problem for every citizen.
2. Lack of food, (no article?) house and work is a very big problem in developing countries.
3. I am very curious whether you will share my opinion (I mean in the future, when the person gets to know the topic I have told him/her about)
4. What, do you think, are the reasons for her sadness?
5. What do you think the reasons for her sadness are?
I think we should never have two questions in the same sentence, but it seems to me I have seen sentences similar to no. 4.
I thought it should always be only one question in a sentence, for example:
Could you tell me where the nearest post office is. (and not 'could you tell me where is the nearest post office')
I look forward to your response!
Thank you!
Could you, please, correct my senteces?
1. Lack of a house is a big problem for every citizen.
2. Lack of food, (no article?) house and work is a very big problem in developing countries.
3. I am very curious whether you will share my opinion (I mean in the future, when the person gets to know the topic I have told him/her about)
4. What, do you think, are the reasons for her sadness?
5. What do you think the reasons for her sadness are?
I think we should never have two questions in the same sentence, but it seems to me I have seen sentences similar to no. 4.
I thought it should always be only one question in a sentence, for example:
Could you tell me where the nearest post office is. (and not 'could you tell me where is the nearest post office')
I look forward to your response!
Thank you!
Top answer
1. -- OK 2. -- OK 3.
- 1.
- -- OK 2.
- -- OK 3.
- -- OK 4.
- -- OK as amended.
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1. Lack of a house is a big problem for every citizen.-- OK
2. Lack of food, house and work is a very big problem in developing countries.-- OK
3. I am very curious whether you will share my opinion.-- OK
4. What do you think are the reasons for her sadness?-- OK as amended.
5. What do you think the reasons for her sadness are?-- OK
2. Lack of food, house and work is a very big problem in developing countries.-- OK
3. I am very curious whether you will share my opinion.-- OK
4. What do you think are the reasons for her sadness?-- OK as amended.
5. What do you think the reasons for her sadness are?-- OK
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Thank you very much!
I don't understand, though, why in the first sentence we should use an article and in the second we shouldn't.
1. Lack of a house is a big problem for every citizen.-- OK
2. Lack of food,(no article) house and work is a very big problem in developing countries.-- OK
Maybe we could use it as well here but it is not necessar
I don't understand, though, why in the first sentence we should use an article and in the second we shouldn't.
1. Lack of a house is a big problem for every citizen.-- OK
2. Lack of food,(no article) house and work is a very big problem in developing countries.-- OK
Maybe we could use it as well here but it is not necessar
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Hi Annie.
I don't understand, though, why in the first sentence we should use an article and in the second we shouldn't.-- As a matter of fact, I think I answered #2 with an article in another thread of yours, didn't I? Yes, I think it's optional. In a list, articles are often omitted, but the first noun should carry one. In this list, although the first noun ('food') is uncoun
I don't understand, though, why in the first sentence we should use an article and in the second we shouldn't.-- As a matter of fact, I think I answered #2 with an article in another thread of yours, didn't I? Yes, I think it's optional. In a list, articles are often omitted, but the first noun should carry one. In this list, although the first noun ('food') is uncoun
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