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Peaceblinkfriend Posted 19 years ago
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Considering these sentences.... Thank you.

0 Considering these sentences01font00. ( Do you call them sentences? I mean what would you call them collectively? )02br
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00- If I were you, I wouldn't mistreat the iPod. 01font00 Is it correct to say this? 02font02br
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00- It is interesting to see that even in a country, expressions vary from one place to other. 01font00Does this sound natural? 02br
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00- That's our quiet evening in gone for a burton. 01font00Wouldn't it sound more natural if you omit the 'in'? 02br
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00- 02font00All you need do is ask. 01font00It should be 'All you need to do is ask' right? I heard a native speaker of English said this a few days ago. 02br
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00Best wishes,02br
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00PBF 02br
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0 01blockquote 01cite 10Peaceblinkfriend12cite 10Considering these sentences11font 10. ( Do you call them sentences? I mean what would you call them collectively?

— Yankee

  • 0 01blockquote 01cite 10Peaceblinkfriend12cite 10Considering these sentences11font 10.
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  • )12br 12font 12br 10- If I were you, I wouldn't mistreat the iPod.
  • 11font 10 Is it correct to say this?
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01cite10Peaceblinkfriend12cite10Considering these sentences11font10. ( Do you call them sentences? I mean what would you call them collectively? )12br
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0Thank you for replying to my post, Yankee. 05102br
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00For the first sentence, if I want to use 'I wouldn't ...' to start my sentence, what should I say, or I could only say it with 'I would...' ?02br
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00- That's our quiet evening in 01u00gone for a burton02u00.01b00 01font00This
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0 Hi PBF02br
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01font00- 02font00All you need do is ask. 01font00It should be 'All you need to do is ask' right? I heard a native speaker of English said this a few days ago. 02br
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0 01font00I heard a native speaker of English 01i01b00said 02b02i00this a few days ago. 02br
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00It should be 'I heard a native speaker of English 01b00say 02b00this a few days ago.'02i0-
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0 That's our quiet evening in gone for a burton. 01font00Wouldn't it sound more natural if you omit the 'in'? 01font02br
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00You must omit "in" - the phrase is "gone for a burton" >> 02font02font00 01b00noun02b00 (in phrase 01b00go for a burton02b
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In looks ok to me

our quiet (evening in) (gone for a burton)

our quiet (evening at home) (ruined).
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our quiet (evening in) (gone for a burton)#

Oops - I missed that! Sorry. You are of course right.
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