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Alc24 Posted 16 years ago
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Could you please help me with these 5 questions
Could you please help me correct these questions?
- Tonight is the first time in months that I'm not able to sleep. I'm usually able to sleep right away.
- I finally won a tournament. I thought it be later rather than sooner.
- Wait until you're alone to speak to him./Wait to be alone with him before speaking to him.
- You need to have found the key to get into the room. You need to hurry up before you get caught. (video game)
- The first episode set the tone/scene/trend for the whole show.
He has no connection to/with the terrorist activities going on around the city.
Thank you
- Tonight is the first time in months that I'm not able to sleep. I'm usually able to sleep right away.
- I finally won a tournament. I thought it be later rather than sooner.
- Wait until you're alone to speak to him./Wait to be alone with him before speaking to him.
- You need to have found the key to get into the room. You need to hurry up before you get caught. (video game)
- The first episode set the tone/scene/trend for the whole show.
He has no connection to/with the terrorist activities going on around the city.
Thank you
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- Tonight is the first time in months that I'm not able to sleep. I'm usually able to sleep right away. -- OK - I finally won a tournament.
- - Tonight is the first time in months that I'm not able to sleep.
- I'm usually able to sleep right away.
- -- OK - I finally won a tournament.
- I thought it would?
- / might?
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- Tonight is the first time in months that I'm not able to sleep. I'm usually able to sleep right away. -- OK
- I finally won a tournament. I thought it would?/might? be later rather than sooner.
- Wait until you're alone to speak to him./Wait to be alone with him before speaking to him. -- both possible, but the first version seems more straightforward
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- I finally won a tournament. I thought it would?/might? be later rather than sooner.
- Wait until you're alone to speak to him./Wait to be alone with him before speaking to him. -- both possible, but the first version seems more straightforward
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is it possible to use " I need to have found" ?? What does it mean?
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In my 30 years, I have never found a situation where I have the need to use it that way! And I don't believe anyone with good English would agree with this usage.
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dimsumexpress
In my 30 years, I have never found a situation where I have the need to use it that way! And I don't believe anyone with good English would agree with this usage.
It may look wrong at first glance, but once you know the right context, which here is stated to be a video game, it becomes clear what it means.
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