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Lucas21c Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Could you check whether the following sentence sounds right?
Our pilot is the expert on underwater recovery works. He`s been doing this for decades, is going to show us how manipulating this arm at this depth of retrieving a black box.
Could you check whether the above sentence, especially the underlined part, is right?
Thank you.
Could you check whether the above sentence, especially the underlined part, is right?
Thank you.
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Our pilot is an expert in underwater recovery work. He`s been doing this for decades and is going to show us how to manipulate this arm at this depth to retrieve a black box.
- Our pilot is an expert in underwater recovery work.
- He`s been doing this for decades and is going to show us how to manipulate this arm at this depth to retrieve a black box.
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Our pilot is an expert in underwater recovery work. He`s been doing this for decades and is going to show us how to manipulate this arm at this depth to retrieve a black box.
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The original sentence is just as a CNN reporter says.
Is it normal that a native English speaker ignores the basic rules of grammar in daily life?
Or, it is just his individual mistakes?
I'd like to know whether the original sentence is acceptable as it is.
Is it normal that a native English speaker ignores the basic rules of grammar in daily life?
Or, it is just his individual mistakes?
I'd like to know whether the original sentence is acceptable as it is.
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lucas21cIs it normal that a native English speaker ignores the basic rules of grammar in daily life?Spoken grammar is not the same as written grammar. Much is omitted or ignored. Just listen to your own conversation in your own language.
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Our pilot is an expert in underwater recovery work.
"on" cannot be acceptable in the above sentence? I think which to choose is optional here though "on" might not be better. Could you tell me whether I am wrong?
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"~ how manipulating this arm at this depth of retrieving a black box"
When someone speaks like the
Our pilot is an expert in underwater recovery work.
"on" cannot be acceptable in the above sentence? I think which to choose is optional here though "on" might not be better. Could you tell me whether I am wrong?
2.
"~ how manipulating this arm at this depth of retrieving a black box"
When someone speaks like the
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lucas21c"on" cannot be acceptable in the above sentence?It is easily spoken—we are experts in, on and at various things.
lucas21cWhen someone speaks like the underlined parts, do you think or feel that it sounds weird or broken English?Probably not if the speaker is native. When we speak we build sentences linearly, with
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