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Yper Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Could some of these be correct?
Hey,
as the high school ended we had to write a few tests, one of them was English. The thing is that I missed a higher grade for 1%. However, if I can 'prove', that only one of these gap fills are correct, even if not in the most straightforward way (bit still correct), I'd get a higher grade.
That would also mean I get a very nice scholarship, I would be able to work less and study more. My life would become much easier with that 1%.
I kindly ask you to go through some of these sentences and check if they could be correct and how you would defend them. They are already defended but if you have some idea on your mind, please write it.
I am Slovenian and I translated the defending to English (but will be in Slovenian when I send the paper).
Thank you!
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1 - She has been given hope FROM one of the charities...
Besides BY and THROUGH we can also use FROM as there is no grammar rule that forbids it. Hope came 'from'...
2 - ...- it's an indictment of an indifferent western world, which tolerates such cruel waste so EASILY as it is outside the gaze of our television cameras.
OR:
ALI: Such cruel waste is so easily tolerated as it is outside the gaze of our television cameras.
Instead of a fraze SO LONG AS we can use AS seperately.
3 - And almost one OF three (children) is stunted in height.
In a sense of 'one third' is besides IN usage of OF also acceptable (example: printing documents in Word: 'printing 1 of 5 copies'), also there is no grammar rule which would contradict that, and there is no difference in meaning.
4 - The family now has a mosquito PROTECTION to sleep under.
PROTECTION is a hyponymy of other acceptable solutions (net, cover, mash, curtain) and can be part of (one or more words - not sure how to translate this to English).
5 - Many have only one day off a month – and some no DAY at all.
Logic sentence continuation and (Some people have no day off at all) grammatically acceptable.
6 - Dr Richard Stone, an adviser to the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry said yesterday: “This seems TO BE a premeditated attack aimed at causing distress to the Lawrence family because they are black.”
The time of the narrator could be in present even though the attack is in real past time.
as the high school ended we had to write a few tests, one of them was English. The thing is that I missed a higher grade for 1%. However, if I can 'prove', that only one of these gap fills are correct, even if not in the most straightforward way (bit still correct), I'd get a higher grade.
That would also mean I get a very nice scholarship, I would be able to work less and study more. My life would become much easier with that 1%.
I kindly ask you to go through some of these sentences and check if they could be correct and how you would defend them. They are already defended but if you have some idea on your mind, please write it.
I am Slovenian and I translated the defending to English (but will be in Slovenian when I send the paper).
Thank you!
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1 - She has been given hope FROM one of the charities...
Besides BY and THROUGH we can also use FROM as there is no grammar rule that forbids it. Hope came 'from'...
2 - ...- it's an indictment of an indifferent western world, which tolerates such cruel waste so EASILY as it is outside the gaze of our television cameras.
OR:
ALI: Such cruel waste is so easily tolerated as it is outside the gaze of our television cameras.
Instead of a fraze SO LONG AS we can use AS seperately.
3 - And almost one OF three (children) is stunted in height.
In a sense of 'one third' is besides IN usage of OF also acceptable (example: printing documents in Word: 'printing 1 of 5 copies'), also there is no grammar rule which would contradict that, and there is no difference in meaning.
4 - The family now has a mosquito PROTECTION to sleep under.
PROTECTION is a hyponymy of other acceptable solutions (net, cover, mash, curtain) and can be part of (one or more words - not sure how to translate this to English).
5 - Many have only one day off a month – and some no DAY at all.
Logic sentence continuation and (Some people have no day off at all) grammatically acceptable.
6 - Dr Richard Stone, an adviser to the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry said yesterday: “This seems TO BE a premeditated attack aimed at causing distress to the Lawrence family because they are black.”
The time of the narrator could be in present even though the attack is in real past time.
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Hi, as the high school ended we had to write a few tests, one of them was English. The thing is that I missed a higher grade for 1%. However, if I can 'prove', that only one of these gap fills are correct, even if not in the most straightforward way (bit still correct), I'd get a higher grade.
- Hi, as the high school ended we had to write a few tests, one of them was English.
- The thing is that I missed a higher grade for 1%.
- However, if I can 'prove', that only one of these gap fills are correct, even if not in the most straightforward way (bit still correct), I'd get a higher grade.
- Such tests commonly want you to choose what would be the most likely or natural response, or at least what the examiner thinks is most likely or natiural.
- Do you think purely grammar-based arguments wil succeed?
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Hi,
as the high school ended we had to write a few tests, one of them was English. The thing is that I missed a higher grade for 1%. However, if I can 'prove', that only one of these gap fills are correct, even if not in the most straightforward way (bit still correct), I'd get a higher grade. Such tests commonly want you to choose what would be the most likely or natural response, or at
as the high school ended we had to write a few tests, one of them was English. The thing is that I missed a higher grade for 1%. However, if I can 'prove', that only one of these gap fills are correct, even if not in the most straightforward way (bit still correct), I'd get a higher grade. Such tests commonly want you to choose what would be the most likely or natural response, or at
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She has been given hope FROM one of the charities
It works but the most natural would be BY. It is in my view acceptable but depends on what follows the last word 'charities'.
2 - ...- it's an indictment of an indifferent western world, which tolerates such cruel waste so EASILY as it is outside the gaze of our television cameras.
It works but the most natural would be BY. It is in my view acceptable but depends on what follows the last word 'charities'.
2 - ...- it's an indictment of an indifferent western world, which tolerates such cruel waste so EASILY as it is outside the gaze of our television cameras.
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Thanks. I already sent the complaint before I saw this but still thank you for clearing this a bit for me.
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