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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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at which or whenever?
0 My TOEIC exambook says the sentence 2 is not good with no explanation. 02 br
00 Why is the sentence 2 not good? Please help me, someone!! -- Tomoko in Japan 02 br
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00 1 The program keeps a record of the time at which he signs on the website. 02 br
00 2 The program keeps a record of the time whenever he signs on the website. 0-
00 Why is the sentence 2 not good? Please help me, someone!! -- Tomoko in Japan 02 br
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00 Sentences: 02 br
00 1 The program keeps a record of the time at which he signs on the website. 02 br
00 2 The program keeps a record of the time whenever he signs on the website. 0-
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0 I don't see very much difference in the two sentences. I sort of agree with the exam book but I will add that sentence one is "more correct" if only for proper use of the language. 02 br 02 br 00 Sentence one would typically be written by a professional person and sentence two would typically be written by a student.
- 0 I don't see very much difference in the two sentences.
- I sort of agree with the exam book but I will add that sentence one is "more correct" if only for proper use of the language.
- 02 br 02 br 00 Sentence one would typically be written by a professional person and sentence two would typically be written by a student.
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0 I don't see very much difference in the two sentences. I sort of agree with the exam book but I will add that sentence one is "more correct" if only for proper use of the language. 02 br
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00 Sentence one would typically be written by a professional person and sentence two would typically be written by a student. It mostly has to do with the level of education of the perso
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00 Sentence one would typically be written by a professional person and sentence two would typically be written by a student. It mostly has to do with the level of education of the perso
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0 I'm assuming that the writer of Sentence 2 was aiming at the meaning of Sentence 1. This won't work because the two mean two different things. 02 br
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00 In the first sentence, the program keeps a record of the sign-on time. We don't know when this record is actually made. It is possible, no matter how improbable, that the program does not record the sign-on time
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00 In the first sentence, the program keeps a record of the sign-on time. We don't know when this record is actually made. It is possible, no matter how improbable, that the program does not record the sign-on time
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