Grammar rules - check for correctness - a kind teacher please :)

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0Hi, I would like to beg somebody to help me.On Thursday I am writing a very difficult exam. The main point of the exercises is to find out a mistake and give a correct form + explain why it should be so. My problem is  that I am not sure,whether I can give a grammatically correct explanation. There are two possibilities -  I could write down some examples and send it via e-mail or we could discuss it via ICQ or MSN. This exam is the most important event in my sommer term. I failed once, I really don´t want to fail again ..... - please help me ...... 05002br02br00my contact - ICQ : 26849006902br00e-mail   :            01span00Email Removed02span02br02br00P.S - I know that this is an extraordinary post without any issue to discuss - but inspite of this, plase do not delete it010id1

Clive · Accepted Answer

0 Hi,02br
00Why not just post your examples here, for our comments?02br
00Clive 0-

Angle1 · Answer

0 Well OK? I will write it down and send it soon02br
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00Could you please help me with some verbs ?02br
00There are some verbs, which have the same preposition and particle. I have no problem to find a phrasal meaning, but I cannot find verbs which combine these two possibilities.02br
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00I need some examples for these verbs : drive, read, fall, care, stand - I wrote down a nice list of phrasal verbs - but .... I can´t find prepositional using. Could you please give me some examples? 02br
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00for example: 02br
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00stand for - prepositional : true Newton´s laws on mechanics stood for over two hundred years02br
00 phrasal : to defend Stand for yourself and what you believe in. 02br
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01span00something like this: 02span01span05000 02span02br
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00but I am looking for examples and I cannot find any .........02br
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00could you please give me some expamples fromt the verbs mentioned above?02br
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00THX for help 0240hrefhttp://www.eflnet.com/pverbs/phrasalverbs.php

Angle1 · Answer

0 Here are some examples 02br
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00The main point is to explain the correct answer02br
00The sentences are little-bit childisch ;they are some modified sentences. I am afraid that my explanations seems to be a little childisch, too. So please help me how to turn it into the right explanation. 02br
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00Mary was real angry because Jack didn´t show up02br
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00Real >> really -00 00we use an adverb to determine the adjective02br
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01u00Fewer 02u00of the passangers is sick today02br
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00Fewer >> One00 00- the verb is refers to singular, so we need to use singular pronoun02br
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00I asked my brother 01u00whom02u00 was on the phone02br
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00Whom >> who – Whom i sused in object case and with pronouns – we need a subject for the verb in the second clause02br
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00Jorge doesn´t have 01u00no02u00 bullets in his rifle02br
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00No >> any00 00- we should avoid double negation in written English. We could use either has + no or negation + any02br
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00I am just a little confused 01u00whether or not to go on exam.02u02br
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00Whether to be or not to be – I know how it should be, but I cannot explain it :/02br
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01u00Having be02u00 a dancer myself, I have excellent posture02br
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00Having be >> beeing – but how to explain it ??? 02br
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00I never did like 01u00these 02u00kind of exercises02br
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00These >> that – but could it be also this if I were pointing at it? 02br
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00Kind is singular, so we need a singular demostrative pronoun02br
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01u00You 02u00telling the truth is ......02br
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00You >> your – telling is a gerund, gerunds are used like nouns. We need a possessive pronoun02br
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00The bakery depends on meal beeing delivered without delay02br
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00Meal >> meal´s – beeing is a gerund, and meal refers to this gerund. We need to use a genitive form with „´s“0-

Angle1 · Answer

0 Some another issues to discuss02br
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00I saw your old friend, 01u00him whom02u00 you pointed out at the last meeting02br
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00Him whom >> whom02br
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00Objective pronoun is redundand, we need only relative pronou02br
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01span00I really don´t know if there is a mistake in this sentence02span02br
00She flouts her mink coat whenever she goes with us so that we will think she is very wealthy02br
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00They threated him like 01u00he was02u00 their own son02br
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00Like >>> as00 00if we have a verb in a comparative sentence, we must use as instead of like02br
00He was >> he were - 00 00we need a subjunctive here, but I cannot explain why02br
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01u00Many a box of bananas 02u00have been sent to Europe02br
00Many a box + has / many boxes + have02br
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00What kind of these structures is commonly used02br
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00The two last comeptitors, 01u00who had to lose or gain the most were affected deeply02u02br
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00Who had to lose or gain the most 00>> who had the most to lose or gain02br
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00How to explain it? Is this 02br
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00Were affected deeply >> were deeply affected – the adverb determines the adjective02br
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00His serious thoughts 01u00were bent irrevocable02u02br
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00Bent irrevocable >> bent irrevocably – But how to explain it??02br
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00I think that is everything what I need to to discuss02br
00If you want to discuss only few examples, no problem - I would be glad if you would do anything. Thank you very much for your help 05002br
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