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English 1b3 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Grammar: possessive adjectives and prepositions
Having the ability to speak in public at your/one's disposal is very important as/for a politican.
Q1) Which would you use? your or one's?
Q2) Is as and for interchangeable?
Q3) Can we say '...in public at disposal is very important...'? Or do we need a possessive adjective (your or one's)? If so, why?
Thanks
Q1) Which would you use? your or one's?
Q2) Is as and for interchangeable?
Q3) Can we say '...in public at disposal is very important...'? Or do we need a possessive adjective (your or one's)? If so, why?
Thanks
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I would word the sentence this way: Having the ability to speak in public extemporaneously is very important for a politican. At one's disposal does not fit this sentence. I am at your disposal - means that I am willing to do whatever you ask.
- I would word the sentence this way: Having the ability to speak in public extemporaneously is very important for a politican.
- At one's disposal does not fit this sentence.
- I am at your disposal - means that I am willing to do whatever you ask.
- Other words which are synonyms of extemporaneous are: off-the-cuff, unrehearsed, spontaneous, on the spur of the moment, impromptu...
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I would word the sentence this way:
Having the ability to speak in public extemporaneously is very important for a politican.
At one's disposal does not fit this sentence.
I am at your disposal - means that I am willing to do whatever you ask.
Other words which are synonyms of extemporaneous are: off-the-cuff, unrehearsed, spontaneous, on the spur
Having the ability to speak in public extemporaneously is very important for a politican.
At one's disposal does not fit this sentence.
I am at your disposal - means that I am willing to do whatever you ask.
Other words which are synonyms of extemporaneous are: off-the-cuff, unrehearsed, spontaneous, on the spur
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Hi,
Having the ability to speak in public at your/one's disposal is very important as/for a politican.
Q1) Which would you use? your or one's?
Either. 'One's' is a bit fancier, and is not very commonly used in everyday converation in the US as far as I know.
Q2) Is as and for interchangeable? No. Only 'for' works
Having the ability to speak in public at your/one's disposal is very important as/for a politican.
Q1) Which would you use? your or one's?
Either. 'One's' is a bit fancier, and is not very commonly used in everyday converation in the US as far as I know.
Q2) Is as and for interchangeable? No. Only 'for' works
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Thank you.
May I ask why 'as' doesn't work? It doesn't sound correct to me, but I can't understand why.
Also, does at one's or your disposal work (I notice you, Alphecca, believe it isn't)? I mean, it sounds ok to me, but yea...
May I ask why 'as' doesn't work? It doesn't sound correct to me, but I can't understand why.
Also, does at one's or your disposal work (I notice you, Alphecca, believe it isn't)? I mean, it sounds ok to me, but yea...
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Hi,
Having the ability to speak in public at your/one's disposal is very important as/for a politican.
May I ask why 'as' doesn't work? It doesn't sound correct to me, but I can't understand why.
Possibly I rushed to condemn it. but it still doesn't sound quite right to me.
The 'having . . . ' is a gerund phrase.
If yo
Having the ability to speak in public at your/one's disposal is very important as/for a politican.
May I ask why 'as' doesn't work? It doesn't sound correct to me, but I can't understand why.
Possibly I rushed to condemn it. but it still doesn't sound quite right to me.
The 'having . . . ' is a gerund phrase.
If yo
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Another way, using "as" and "disposal":
As a politician, I have to be at the public's disposal to speak on any occasion and on any relevant subjects.
As a politician, I have to be at the public's disposal to speak on any occasion and on any relevant subjects.
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