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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Grammar help (July 22)

Hi,
Would a teacher help with the corrections of the sentences?

a) I can only breathe with my right nostril. My left one is clogged.
b) Where do those pants come from in the window? The are out of the spring collection.
c) Do you hate the cat so much that you'd rather have a asmathic child to have an excuse to give it away. Would you be so selffish as to as put your desire above your child's health?
d) She had the minutes you were late over the week and came to work one morning however minutes you were late over the week.
e) How hot should I preheat the oven to?

Thank you in advance
  

Top answer

I can breathe only through my right nostril. My left one is clogged. Where do those pants in the display window come from?

— RandomGuy

  • I can breathe only through my right nostril.
  • My left one is clogged.
  • Where do those pants in the display window come from?
  • I couldn't find them in the spring section.
  • or They are out of season.
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I can breathe only through my right nostril. My left one is clogged.
Where do those pants in the display window come from? I couldn't find them in the spring section. or They are out of season. (not sure what you mean)

Do you hate the cat so much that you'd rathe
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A client asks a cashier where the pants in the display window come from. The cashier say : The pants are from the spring collection. The pants are out of the spring collection.

It is not correct to say 'to have an excuse to give it away'

Here coworker is always late for work, 5 to 10 minutes each morning. so ---->
She calculated the minutes her coworker was late over
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Hello Aspara Can you please tell me your thoughts?
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Hi, Anonymous,

Yes, I think it is correct.

Spar
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Aspara GusShe had the minutes you were late over the week and came to work one morning however minutes you were late over the week.
I read through it a few times and the only meaning I can guess is that someone was keeping track of how late a coworker arrived, and one morning took as many minutes off as the other person had taken over the whole week. I pr
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A client asks a cashier where the pants in the display window come from. The cashier say : The pants are from the spring collection. The pants are out of the spring collection.

Would you say from or out of?

It is not correct to say 'to have an excuse to give it away'?


Leah
You don't find this "however minutes" correct?
She calculated the minutes her c
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AnonymousThe pants are from the spring collection. The pants are out of the spring collection.Would you say from or out of?
My opinion: "From" sounds more natural. "Came out of" might be accepted. "Out of" is atypical.
AnonymousYou don't find this "however minutes" correct?
"However minutes", no. You need to quantify the min
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