Could someone help me with these 5 sentences thank you

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Could you please take a look at these? thanks

1 How much darker would the room be with 3 lights instead/rather than four.
2 Our letters must have ___ I sent it yesterday. (is it CROSSED?)
3 You tell me that you can't take john to school this morning annoys me especially now that I've set up a meeting with my board.
4 He's disconnected from the world. It seems like he
Is it your whole back that hurt or just a disc. (is this how you'd say it?)
5 People have other/better things to do than that.

thanks

Doctor D · Accepted Answer

Sentence 1 is good either way, but you should be consistent in either using numbers or in spelling them out. Normally, numbers ten or below are spelled out and numbers above ten are left in numeric form (11, 21, 33, etc).

Sentence 2, crossed is correct, but it would be clearer to say "crossed in the mail." Our letters must have crossed in the mail. I sent mine yesterday.

Sentence 3 needs help. Here is one way: Your telling me that you can't take John to school this morning annoys me, especially now that I've set up a meeting with my board.
You could also say: You tell me that you can't take John to school this morning. That annoys me, especially now that I've set up a meeting with my board.

Sentence 4 is really a sentence and a fragment. If you want to combine them, try "It seems like he is disconnected from the world."

Next sentence, just add an "s" and a question mark since you are asking a question: Is it your whole back that hurts or just a disc?

Last sentence is fine either way, it depends on what you want to say. Are the things that people are doing better or just different? (That is, are you making a judgment about "that" or not?)

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