Hello Would NAtive please help with HARD sentences?

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Could you please help me correct these sentences please? I've given my thoughts in red.

1 Turn the phone's brightness (setting) to a minimum. (I don't know if it's something a native would say)

2 It's important that/to I get the grammar right especially since/when I'm writing a book book. THAT and SINCE. I think sentence structure is OK

3 How come it cost so little/so cheap? SO LITTLE maybe, but not SO CHEAP

4 If someone other than yourself can sing your song better than yourself, you're not a good singer. OK

5 Even though/if I don't work as many hours compared to some, A 35 hour week seems like a lot for me.
6 In every hotel I've worked at, we've had to do that. NOT SURE HERE

7 The further into the night we go, the fuzzier everything seems. I remember everything up until 10pm and after that it gets fuzzy. (telling a friend about last night) I have no clue if this is natural?

8 You have 2 times as much chance of crashing if you take 2 planes as if you take one. WRONG, but I don't know where to start.

Thank you

Innovati · Accepted Answer

1) Turn the phone's brightness to the minimum.

or: Turn the phone's brightness setting to the minimum.

or: Set the phone's brightness to the minimum.

Minimum means the absolute lowest it can be, so since there can only be one 'minimum' setting, we refer to that setting as 'the minimum'. If you were to say 'a minimum' in the sentences above it would mean that maybe there was more than one minimum setting, which isn't true here.

2) It's important that I get the grammar right especially since I'm writing a book. (If the reason why they need the grammar to be correct in all of their writing, because they are also writing a book.)

or: It's important that I get the grammar right especially when I'm writing a book. (This indicates that it's very important to get the grammar correct when writing a book, but maybe it's not as important to have correct grammar when not writing a book)

3) How come it costs so little?

or: Why is it so cheap

4) If someone other than yourself can sing your song better than you, then you're not a good singer

or: If somebody else can sing your song better than you, then you're not a good singer.

(This sentence works better with a 'then' because it is structured like an 'if, then' statement)

5) Even though I don't work as many hours compared to some, a 35 hour week seems like a lot for me.

or: Even if I don't work as many hours compared to some, a 35 hour week seems like a lot for me.

(Using 'though' makes it a true statement, using 'if' makes it possibly true, but possibly not)

6) In every hotel I've worked at, we've had to do that. (it works perfectly)

or: We've had to do that in every hotel I've worked at. (this is a more direct way to say it)

7) The further into the night we go, the fuzzier everything seems. I remember everything up until 10pm, and after that it gets fuzzy.

or: The later it got, the less I remember about it. I can remember everything up until 10pm, but after that it gets fuzzy.

(Both of these work well, but the first one feels like it's being said on that same night (just after 10pm) where the second one could only be said on another day when looking back at what happened.)

8) You have twice the chance of crashing if you take two flights instead of one.

or: When you take two flights instead of one, you double your odds of crashing.

or: Doubling the number of flights you take doubles the chances of things going wrong.

You are much better at English than you think, I always understood the meaning behind what you were saying

Hope this helps, take care!

Alc24 · Answer

Thank you innovati,

One little thing if possible

for 8

What about

You are twice as likely to crash if you take 2 planes instead of one.

Could I ask you to help me with 2 short threads please?

Thank you so much for your help

Alex

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