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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

Beginning or Start

0Dear teacher,02br
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00The following question, please...02br
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01font00When I take a trip, I would like to get an early 01i00____02i00.02font02br
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00a) beginning02br
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00b) start02br
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00c) go02br
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00d) leaving02br
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00The answer is b), why not a) ?02br
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00Thanks,02br
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00Peacenik0-
  

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0Hello Peacenik02br 02br 00Only because the idiom is "to get an early start". 02br 02br 00MrP0-

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  • 0Hello Peacenik02br 02br 00Only because the idiom is "to get an early start".
  • 02br 02br 00MrP0-
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0Hello Peacenik02br
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00Only because the idiom is "to get an early start". 02br
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00The question is a little irregular – it would be more usual to say "when I take a trip, I like to get an early start".02br
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00MrP0-
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0Thank you teacher!! Xie Xie (Thank you in Chinese).02br
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00Best regrads,02br
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00Peacenik0-
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01cite10Anonymous12cite10 Xie Xie (Thank you in Chinese).12br
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10And thank 01i00you02i00, Teacher! I must remember that.02br
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00See you,02br
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00MrP0-
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0Hi, when you are saying "00it is irregular00.", are you saying "00it is wrong00."?02br
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00And are these sentences 00in parenthses00 require periods regarless of the grammatical situations they are in? 0-
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0Hello Anon02br
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00Not wrong, exactly: it might be possible to find a context for the original version. But the version I gave is more usual.02br
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00I don't quite understand your question about parentheses – ?02br
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00MrP0-
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