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Victor_amelkin Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Could you please examine the following unrelated sentences for grammar errors?
Hello,
Could you please examine the following unrelated sentences for grammar errors? I suspect that there are some.
) An adjective is a part of speech that modifies a noun or a pronoun.
) The exam was adjourned since the the professor was ill.
) The government has adjudged that the country economics is experiencing hard times so the tax rates will be tenfold-increased (increased tenfold?).
) An octahedron consists of six apices and eight triangle faces.
) As Lord Henry notices, Dorian truly was a very handsome young man.
) Following E.F.Codd, lets designate a table row in a database as a tuple.
) It's rather late and there're no 24/7 grocery shops 'round here, so we'll have to manage with what is in the fridge at the moment.
) The "80/20 rule" provides us with a general idea that eighty percent of the effect are caused by twenty percent of the effort. Despite that this ratio was evolved by Vilfredo Pareto for a very particular case, many people use this ratio as is irrespectively of whether it could be applied for their case in its original form or could be applied there at all.
) You can wait a bit up to the cooking is in progress, but then, as a reward for such a great patience, you'll get a bit of a cherry pie.
) Henry VIII wasn't such an ingenious politician, but he ruled England with a {firm|steady|hard} hand.
) Let's cast a quick glance at the following passage.
) A plenty of to do has piled up to (at?) the end of the week, but don't worry - Jeff is going to work at the weekend and he's a host in himself.
Any comments are greatly appreciated.
Could you please examine the following unrelated sentences for grammar errors? I suspect that there are some.
) An adjective is a part of speech that modifies a noun or a pronoun.
) The exam was adjourned since the the professor was ill.
) The government has adjudged that the country economics is experiencing hard times so the tax rates will be tenfold-increased (increased tenfold?).
) An octahedron consists of six apices and eight triangle faces.
) As Lord Henry notices, Dorian truly was a very handsome young man.
) Following E.F.Codd, lets designate a table row in a database as a tuple.
) It's rather late and there're no 24/7 grocery shops 'round here, so we'll have to manage with what is in the fridge at the moment.
) The "80/20 rule" provides us with a general idea that eighty percent of the effect are caused by twenty percent of the effort. Despite that this ratio was evolved by Vilfredo Pareto for a very particular case, many people use this ratio as is irrespectively of whether it could be applied for their case in its original form or could be applied there at all.
) You can wait a bit up to the cooking is in progress, but then, as a reward for such a great patience, you'll get a bit of a cherry pie.
) Henry VIII wasn't such an ingenious politician, but he ruled England with a {firm|steady|hard} hand.
) Let's cast a quick glance at the following passage.
) A plenty of to do has piled up to (at?) the end of the week, but don't worry - Jeff is going to work at the weekend and he's a host in himself.
Any comments are greatly appreciated.
Top answer
) An adjective is a part of speech that modifies a noun or a pronoun. -- OK ) The exam was adjourned since the the professor was ill. ) The government has adjudged that the country's economy is experiencing hard times so the tax rates will be increased tenfold .
- ) An adjective is a part of speech that modifies a noun or a pronoun.
- -- OK ) The exam was adjourned since the the professor was ill.
- ) The government has adjudged that the country's economy is experiencing hard times so the tax rates will be increased tenfold .
- -- seems an infeasibly huge tax hike!
- ) An octahedron consists of six vertices and eight triangular faces.
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) An adjective is a part of speech that modifies a noun or a pronoun. -- OK
) The exam was adjourned since thethe professor was ill.
) The government has adjudged that the country's economy is experiencing hard times sothe tax rates will be increased tenfold. -- seems an infeasibly huge tax hike!
) An octahedron consists of six v
) The exam was adjourned since the
) The government has adjudged that the country's economy is experiencing hard times so
) An octahedron consists of six v
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Hi Mr Wordy,
Thanks for your comments.
> tax rates will be increased tenfold. -- seems an infeasibly huge tax hike!
It has nothing to do with any real-world tax increase, so there is no reason
to worry =)
>> You can wait a bit up to the cooking is in progress, but then, as
Thanks for your comments.
> tax rates will be increased tenfold. -- seems an infeasibly huge tax hike!
It has nothing to do with any real-world tax increase, so there is no reason
to worry =)
>> You can wait a bit up to the cooking is in progress, but then, as
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victor_amelkinIn other words it can be expressed as follows: "The food is still being prepared,
but if you wait a little you'll get a bit of a cherry pie..." I've used "cooking"
in the original sentence with the meaning of "a process of food preparation".
The above sentence is fine (except it would be more usual to say "a bit of cherry pie"). The
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