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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Grammar & Sentence structure
Does this sentence content any grammatical erros? A little explanation would be a great help to me.
" May I know what are you preference ways to keep in touch? "
" May I know what are you preference ways to keep in touch? "
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Hello, Tracyteo, first, the formulation of your question does contain errors. It should be: Does this sentence contain any grammatical errors ? And the correction of your example will be as follows: May I know what are YOUR PREFERRED ways to keep in touch?
- Hello, Tracyteo, first, the formulation of your question does contain errors.
- It should be: Does this sentence contain any grammatical errors ?
- And the correction of your example will be as follows: May I know what are YOUR PREFERRED ways to keep in touch?
- 1.
- YOUR is used because the 'ways' belong to YOU; 2.
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Hello, Tracyteo,
first, the formulation of your question does contain errors. It should be: Does this sentence contain any grammatical errors?
And the correction of your example will be as follows:
May I know what are YOUR PREFERRED ways to keep in touch?
1. YOUR is used because the 'ways' belong to YOU;
2. PREFERENCE is a
first, the formulation of your question does contain errors. It should be: Does this sentence contain any grammatical errors?
And the correction of your example will be as follows:
May I know what are YOUR PREFERRED ways to keep in touch?
1. YOUR is used because the 'ways' belong to YOU;
2. PREFERENCE is a
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Hi Ray Allen,
Thank you for correcting my mistakes and I really appreciate that.
I should have checked my spelling before posted it.
If you don’t mind, I would like to ask another question.
Are these sentences correct? Do they have the same meaning?
1.My preference is vanilla, not chocolate. 2.My preferred is vanilla, not chocolate.
Thank you for correcting my mistakes and I really appreciate that.
I should have checked my spelling before posted it.
If you don’t mind, I would like to ask another question.
Are these sentences correct? Do they have the same meaning?
1.My preference is vanilla, not chocolate. 2.My preferred is vanilla, not chocolate.
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Keep in mind the difference between a verb and a noun:
content - noun
contain - verb
preference - noun
prefer - verb
May I know your preferences for keeping in touch?
May I know the ways you prefer to keep in touch?
What are the ways that you prefer to keep in touch?
Also "may I know" is a little bit strange. It is asking permission to know something,
content - noun
contain - verb
preference - noun
prefer - verb
May I know your preferences for keeping in touch?
May I know the ways you prefer to keep in touch?
What are the ways that you prefer to keep in touch?
Also "may I know" is a little bit strange. It is asking permission to know something,
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tracyteoAre these sentences correct? Do they have the same meaning?1.My preference is vanilla, not chocolate. 2.My preferred is vanilla, not chocolate.The first is fine.
The second is missing a word.
1.My preference is vanilla, not chocolate.
2.My preferred flavor is vanilla, not chocolate.
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I have a question about tracy's sentence;
She is asking if she may know his preferred ways of communicating.
She used 'question form' - "what are your preferences"
Is this correct?
I think this is not correct to use 'question form' because she said "May I know what..."
She is asking if she may know his preferred ways of communicating.
She used 'question form' - "what are your preferences"
Is this correct?
I think this is not correct to use 'question form' because she said "May I know what..."
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PicnicI have a question about tracy's sentence;She is asking if she may know his preferred ways of communicating.She used 'question form' - "what are your preferences"Is this correct?I think this is not correct to use 'question form' because she said "May I know what..."There are several problems with Tracy's sentence.
Original post: " May I know
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You are wonderful! Thank you for the clarification and explanation! 
I'm very grateful for your help.
This is the s
I'm very grateful for your help.
This is the s
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Corrected for grammatical errors: May I know what your preferred ways to keep in touch are?
Corrected for semantic problems: May I ask what your preferred ways to keep in touch are?
You can ask permission to ask a question.
It is difficult for me to see why someone would ask permission to have some knowledge.
Corrected for semantic problems: May I ask what your preferred ways to keep in touch are?
You can ask permission to ask a question.
It is difficult for me to see why someone would ask permission to have some knowledge.
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Because she wants to be friendly and polite. I think this is a correct use.
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PicnicBecause she wants to be friendly and polite. I think this is a correct use.Yes, but it is a cultural preference.
Indian English tends to use overly polite expressions like this one.
American English is polite, too, with the use of "please" and "thank you".
But to Americans, overly polite language seems obsequious.
And language that
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