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can someone over the bold corrections , i for some reason think most of the sentences are correct, it'll be quick i'm guessing

she shoots better than most people/has better aim than most people BOTH

lets see who can get furthest on who wants to be a millionaire OK

what does this word designate/mean/refer to MEAN or REFER TO

he was the governor of what state?what state was he governor of? BOTH

this place is as close to hell as you'll ever get OK

he killed the person (who) he thought killed his parents OK WHO is optional

she has enough battery to last her until she gets home OK

where are the most sensitive parts to tattoo/to get a tattoo BOTH

i'll risk something thay's worth risking/that needs to be risked BOTH

street lights are in sync and if one drives at the right speed , one won't hit one a red light

do you see the length i have to go to to get comfortable around here OK

that's what it's like being you/that's what it feel like to be you/that's how it feels to be you

ALL

he speaks in/with a lot of abbreviations I don't know

what could i expect of him other than/but a useless present BOTH

look from the side of the glass to see if both glasses have the same content I don't know

he threatened to kill everyone till there was no one left to kill OK

the dimension of the tv makes it so that part of the image is cut off OK

Alc24 · Accepted Answer

i forgot the capitals, its not me but the person i correct it for, so can't hold it against me

Alc24 · Answer

if someone has a second would they look at this

than you

Alc24 · Answer

I've correct the capitals and puntuation, could someone go over this quickly and check my corrections

thank you

she shoots better than most people/has better aim than most people BOTH
Lets see who can get furthest on who wants to be a millionaire. OK
What does this word designate/mean/refer to ? MEAN or REFER TO
He was the governor of what state?what state was he governor of? BOTH
This place is as close to **** as you'll ever get. OK
He killed the person (who) he thought killed his parents. OK WHO is optional
She has enough battery to last her until she gets home. OK
Where are the most sensitive parts to tattoo/to get a tattoo. BOTH
I'll risk something thay's worth risking/that needs to be risked. BOTH
Street lights are in sync and if one drives at the right speed , one won't hit one a red light.
Do you see the length i have to go to to get comfortable around here. OK
That's what it's like being you/that's what it feel like to be you/that's how it feels to be you.

ALL

He speaks in/with a lot of abbreviations. I don't know
What could i expect of him other than/but a useless present. BOTH
Look from the side of the glass to see if both glasses have the same content. I don't know
He threatened to kill everyone till there was no one left to kill. OK
The dimension of the tv makes it so that part of the image is cut off. OK

Yankee · Answer

Hi Alc

You may have better luck in getting quick responses if you post fewer sentences in each thread. Your assumption that checking and responding to your long lists of sentences is very quick work is not the case. Are you being paid to correct these sentences? I know I'm not.

I for one do not like spending my free time on your lists of sentences, only to find that someone else has posted their suggestions while I was typing mine, and then be made to feel that you never even bothered to so much as glance at my post.

And I really dislike the thought of an ESL teacher suggesting to an ESL student that ignoring capitalization and punctuation is a perfectly acceptable habit. The way I see things here is this: If it is too much trouble for you to do something as simple and basic as pressing the shift key in order to type a capital letter, or pressing the comma/period/question mark key as needed, how on earth can you expect anyone else to go to any particular trouble to do anything at all?

alc24i forgot the capitals, its not me but the person i correct it for, so can't hold it against me

If this is the example you set, then it is no wonder that the student doesn't know how to capitalize or punctuate.

alc24I've corrected the capitals and punctuation. Could someone go over this quickly and check my corrections?

Thank you

She shoots better than most people/has better aim than most people. BOTH
Let's see who can get furthest on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. OK
What does this word designate/mean/refer to? MEAN or REFER TO
He was the governor of what state? What state was he governor of? BOTH
This place is as close to **** as you'll ever get. OK
He killed the person (who) he thought had killed his parents. OK WHO is optional
She has enough battery to last her until she gets home. OK This strikes me as a slangy use of the word "battery".
Where are the most sensitive parts to tattoo/to get a tattoo. BOTH are awkward
I'll risk something that's worth risking/that needs to be risked. BOTH I don't really understand what either sentence is supposed to mean.
The traffic ~~street~~ lights are in sync, and if one drives at the right speed, one won't hit ~~one~~ a (single) red light. In American English, the use of "one" will come across as being excessively cold and formal. Thus, I would prefer this: The traffic lights are synchronized, and if you drive at the right speed, you won't hit any red lights.
Do you see the lengths I have to go to to get comfortable around here? OK
That's what it's like being you./That's what it feels like to be you./That's how it feels to be you.
ALL

He speaks in/with a lot of abbreviations. I don't know Neither, and I really don't know exactly what the person was trying to say. He drops a lot of syllables when he speaks. (?)
What could I expect of from him other than/but a useless present. BOTH The word "but" would sound more natural to me if this word order were used: What could I expect but a useless present from him?
Look from the side of the glass to see if both glasses have the same content. I don't know The sentence needs to be completely reworded. Talking about "the side of a glass" is a little weird since glasses are typically round. The first reference to "the glass" is also weird because the sentence then goes on to talk about "both glasses". Thus, we have no idea what glass is meant by "the glass". I'd also say that the positioning of the two glasses would have to be described before the writer gets into describing how to look at them in order to see whether they are equally full or not.
He threatened to kill ~~everyone~~ (people) till there was no one left to kill. OK The use of "everyone" would be redundant. After "everyone" has been killed, then there is obviously no one left to kill.
The dimensions of the TV make it so that part of the image is cut off. OK Awkward. I might suggest this instead: The (nonstandard) dimensions of the TV screen result in part of the image being cut off.

Alc24 · Answer

just to clear things up

What does this word designate/mean/refer to? MEAN or REFER TO which word would you use???

He killed the person (who) he thought had killed his parents. OK WHO is optional ?????

She has enough battery to last her until she gets home. (as in her ipod had enough battery???)

Where are the most sensitive parts to tattoo/to get a tattoo. BOTH are awkward (how would you say it then?)

He speaks in/with a lot of abbreviations. I don't know Neither, and I really don't know exactly what the person was trying to say. He drops a lot of syllables when he speaks. (?)

(as in , instead of saying the whole word he only says part of it, as in "you are such an idiot= you're in id..." now i know in english that's not possible but in french you can shorten word and still get what you're saying across, THE ACT OF DOING THAT, WHATS THAT CALLED "HE SPEAKS IN ABBREVIATIONS" HOW WOULD YOU SAY IT?)

Look from the side of the glass to see if both glasses have the same content (HOW WOULD YOU SAY THAT THAN?)

THANK YOU YANKEE

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