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Alc24 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Can you please tell me which word to use in Phrase?
Could you please tell me which word to use in sentences or how to properly say them?
1 I've never been this/so happy to go home. BOTH
2 Even though/if we're sleeping in a bed, it's less confy than a couch.
3 I don't know how season one ends let alone/even less season 2.
4 Why keep the food when it's outdated/expired?
5 There is too much ice in relation to the liquid/compared to the liquid.
6 The saying "don't judge a book b its cover" orginated from/after reading this book.
7 Did you become what you wante to become/be when you were small?
Thank you
1 I've never been this/so happy to go home. BOTH
2 Even though/if we're sleeping in a bed, it's less confy than a couch.
3 I don't know how season one ends let alone/even less season 2.
4 Why keep the food when it's outdated/expired?
5 There is too much ice in relation to the liquid/compared to the liquid.
6 The saying "don't judge a book b its cover" orginated from/after reading this book.
7 Did you become what you wante to become/be when you were small?
Thank you
Top answer
1 either 2 if 3 (probably) let alone 4 outdated [ or when the shelf life has expired] 5 too much ice for the liquid 6 originated 7 wanted to be
- 1 either 2 if 3 (probably) let alone 4 outdated [ or when the shelf life has expired] 5 too much ice for the liquid 6 originated 7 wanted to be
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1 either
2 if
3 (probably) let alone
4 outdated [or when the shelf life has expired]
5 too much ice for the liquid
6 originated
7 wanted to be
2 if
3 (probably) let alone
4 outdated [or when the shelf life has expired]
5 too much ice for the liquid
6 originated
7 wanted to be
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ac: For all numbers except #3, both answers are correct.
#3, "let alone" is correct. "Even less" does not work as a phrase here. You would usually use "even less" as "even less than" as a comparison. Therefore, you could say "I know what happens in season 2 even less than I know what happens in season 1, and I don't know much about season 1 at all."
On #2, "if" could
#3, "let alone" is correct. "Even less" does not work as a phrase here. You would usually use "even less" as "even less than" as a comparison. Therefore, you could say "I know what happens in season 2 even less than I know what happens in season 1, and I don't know much about season 1 at all."
On #2, "if" could
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Upon reading it again, #5 is correct but awkward. "Too much ice for the liquid" would be the more common way to say it.
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