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Tamguatlay Posted 18 years ago
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0When I was at home and discovered that some of the things in my flat were moving, I had the 01b00uneasy/odd02b00 feeling that 01b00the/my02b00 block of flats would collapse.02br
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00Which bolded words should I use? Are there any errors in the sentence?02br
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0Hi tamguatlay, 01b01u00WELCOME TO THE FORUMS ! ! !02u02b02br
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00I'd go with 01b00uneasy02b00 and 01b00the02b00 01b01i01u00whole/entire02u02i02b00 block.02br
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00No errors that I can see.02br
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0Hi Tamguatlay,02br
00Obviouly this is describing an earthquake. We don't discover earthquakes when the buildings start to shake. They find us whereever we are and make sure we feel their presence.02img0-
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0When I was at home and discovered that some of the things in my flat were moving, I had the 01b00uneasy/odd02b00 feeling that 01b00the/my02b00 block of flats would collapse.02br
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00I asked this question because recently, when I came home, two of my neighbours advised me to leave my flat as earlier (before I came home) they di
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0Ok, if you were away from home and returned to find your furniture being rearranged by an earthquake, then 00 00you may say “when I 00 00came home, I discovered some of the things had00 00been moved from the quake and I had an uneasy feeling ….02br
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0Hello Goodman02br
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00Ok, if you were away from home and returned to find your furniture being rearranged by an earthquake, then 00 00you may say “when I 00 00came home, I discovered some of the things had00 00been moved from the quake and I had an uneasy feeling ….02br
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00You rule out 'odd feeling'. Like Avangi, you would
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0No, I am not ruling out “odd”. Uneasy or odd, it is a matter of the author’s perspective. Given the choices, I saw uneasy as a better choice for the context.00 00Mind you, “odd” and “uneasy” are not directly interchangeable. You know that, don’t you?02br
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00If I say “I feel odd asking my in-laws for help”= 00 00You feel awkward a
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0 If you were at home, you would 01i00notice02i00 that some of your things were moving. You would then have 01i00an uneasy feeling02i00 that 01i00the whole block was about to collapse02i00.02br
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