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Alc24 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

EXTREMELY SHORT SENTENCES WHICH WORD TO USE???

Could you please tell me which word to use or how to say the sentence please?

- Draw the curtains to keep the heat/sunlight out.

- That uses up/consumes a lot of electricity.

- She has a nice style/look.

- She parks far from the sidewalk.

- As of/from 7pm, parking is free.

- When you live in a small city no one knows you usually give people the name of the closest biggest city.

- The bed mould to my body/to the shape of my body.

- I don't have the notion of distances/sense of distances but I think I live 20 minutes (away) from the city.

- This season is when the most (amount of) people die. I don't know if she's hold out another week because of the heat.

- Ask them If/whether you can leave.

- She double parked, blocking traffic.

- Shops one this street make 3 times as much as us/3 times what we make.

Thank you very much
  

Top answer

- Draw the curtains to keep the heat/sunlight out. This one could be both. You could draw the curtains to keep the sunlight out, but that doesn't necessarily mean that it's hot outside.

  • - Draw the curtains to keep the heat/sunlight out.
  • This one could be both.
  • You could draw the curtains to keep the sunlight out, but that doesn't necessarily mean that it's hot outside.
  • ", that would be implying that you're trying to keep the heat out as well as the sunlight.
  • So, it really depends on the situation.
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- Draw the curtains to keep the heat/sunlight out.
This one could be both. You could draw the curtains to keep the sunlight out, but that doesn't necessarily mean that it's hot outside. If you said "Draw the curtains to keep the heat out.", that would be implying that you're trying to keep the heat out as well as the sunlight. So, it really depends on the situation.

- That uses up

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