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Alc24 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Could you please help me correct these sentences I've translated?
Could you please help me correct these sentences I've translated to english?
1 Even when he's off duty, he has his badge on him. (police)
2 My teeth arch too much. (are arched too much/are at an arch.
3 Obese people want to lose weight because of concern for their appearance in other peoples' eyes/because of the way others perceive them.
4 Consider yourself lucky to even have a job.
5 We have another 10 stations to go through before we get home.
6 You are not allowed to ever take the ring off the day I put in on your finger.
7 Is it alright/does it matter if my pants are wet.
8 She was paying the dealership for her car even after she sold it.
9 This ring catches people's attention more than if you were to buy some ugly ring.
10 You might want to consider taking up something other than acting. You are so bad.
11 To get up to speed with the show, I had to watch 10 episodes./I had to watch 10 episodes before getting up to speed
Thank you
1 Even when he's off duty, he has his badge on him. (police)
2 My teeth arch too much. (are arched too much/are at an arch.
3 Obese people want to lose weight because of concern for their appearance in other peoples' eyes/because of the way others perceive them.
4 Consider yourself lucky to even have a job.
5 We have another 10 stations to go through before we get home.
6 You are not allowed to ever take the ring off the day I put in on your finger.
7 Is it alright/does it matter if my pants are wet.
8 She was paying the dealership for her car even after she sold it.
9 This ring catches people's attention more than if you were to buy some ugly ring.
10 You might want to consider taking up something other than acting. You are so bad.
11 To get up to speed with the show, I had to watch 10 episodes./I had to watch 10 episodes before getting up to speed
Thank you
Top answer
1) Fine, although it does mean he is carrying rather than wearing the badge, if you intended to say he wears it you could say: "Even when he's off duty he wears his badge". 2) Did you intend to say they hurt? In which case it is ache.
- 1) Fine, although it does mean he is carrying rather than wearing the badge, if you intended to say he wears it you could say: "Even when he's off duty he wears his badge".
- 2) Did you intend to say they hurt?
- In which case it is ache.
- I cannot see teeth making an arched shape.
- For ache: "Are at an ache" does not appear to be correct (it might be but it isn't common), but "ache too much" and "aching too much" are certainly acceptable usages.
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1) Fine, although it does mean he is carrying rather than wearing the badge, if you intended to say he wears it you could say: "Even when he's off duty he wears his badge".
2) Did you intend to say they hurt? In which case it is ache. I cannot see teeth making an arched shape. For ache: "Are at an ache" does not appear to be correct (it might be but it isn't common), but "ache too much"
2) Did you intend to say they hurt? In which case it is ache. I cannot see teeth making an arched shape. For ache: "Are at an ache" does not appear to be correct (it might be but it isn't common), but "ache too much"
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