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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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0Please tell me if my reasoning regarding the following sentences is correct and/or add your explanation. 02br
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001. When parents have poor listening habits, their children usually 01u00do02u00. -- As a common sense, it would seem better with 'do' than with 'have' but cannot explain why. Why 'do' is better?02br
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002. I am not so particular about 01u00my 02u00being corrected by others who know better. -- Is 'being corrected' a noun phrase? Can you tell me how to clearly identify what a noun phrase is so I can clearly distinguish a situation that requires a possessive pronoun?02br
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003. By breaking the routine 01u00of the usual02u00 and adding some variety. -- Could this construction be readily acceptable to you? Pay special attention to the underlined part please. 0-
  

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0 1. 02br 00John saw her there and I 01font 00did02font 00 as well. 02i 00(NOT: ...

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  • 02br 00John saw her there and I 01font 00did02font 00 as well.
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  • I am not familiar with the term 'noun phrase'.
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0 1. 01font01i00Do / does / did02i02font00 is generally used instead of repeating a verb:02br
01i00He likes coffee and so 01font00do02font00 I.02br
00John saw her there and I 01font00did02font00 as well. 02i0
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0Wooo, What subtly detected questions and reasonable answers!02br
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00Cool Breeze, U'r kinda grammar expert! [Y] I'm worshipping<:o)02br
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00(And I guess my teacher taught translation would love sentences No.2 and No.3, because they're difficult to translate into Chinese for the nominalization of the abstractive050010id2
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0 When parents have poor listening habits, their children usually do, too.02br
00 I am not so particular about being corrected by others who know better.02br
00 ...by breaking the usual routine and adding some variety ... 02br
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01i00too02i00 is needed to complete the thought.02br
01i00I02i00 is t
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01cite10Maple12cite10Cool Breeze, U'r kinda grammar expert! [Y] I'm worshipping<:o)12br
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10Thanks, Maple! (And I'm blushing...) 05000I try my best and quite often it's good enough. Please bear in mind, though, that there are often many opinions on correct usage of English. The language i
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0Hi, CB, your efforts of explaining the language with the supplements of other teachers are01b01font00 really illuminative02font02b00 to teach us not only correct but also idiomatic English.02br
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00Best regards to you two respectable teachers!!0-
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