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Huskar Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Help me to correct!
Hello everyone! I have some questions. Please help me to correct one of underlined parts!
1. If they took their language lesson seriously, they would be able to communicate with the locals now.
Apart from “took”, I think the other parts are fine. Is it the wrong part? What verb should we use to replace “took”. If I insist on using “took” what can it mean in this case?
2. The city council is planning to take measures regarding to the noise level in the city centre.
The answer I was given in my test is “is planning”. Will it be replaced by “ are planning”? but I think “The city council” means the whole members of the city council not each member of the city council. Could you help make it clear to me. Thanks in advance!
1. If they took their language lesson seriously, they would be able to communicate with the locals now.
Apart from “took”, I think the other parts are fine. Is it the wrong part? What verb should we use to replace “took”. If I insist on using “took” what can it mean in this case?
2. The city council is planning to take measures regarding to the noise level in the city centre.
The answer I was given in my test is “is planning”. Will it be replaced by “ are planning”? but I think “The city council” means the whole members of the city council not each member of the city council. Could you help make it clear to me. Thanks in advance!
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#1 - 'took' is fine. I surmise that the test writer wants 'had taken', which is more expected but not the only answer. #2 - 'Is planning' is fine.
- #1 - 'took' is fine.
- I surmise that the test writer wants 'had taken', which is more expected but not the only answer.
- #2 - 'Is planning' is fine.
- The mistake is 'regarding to': 'to' should be deleted.
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#1 - 'took' is fine. I surmise that the test writer wants 'had taken', which is more expected but not the only answer.
#2 - 'Is planning' is fine. The mistake is 'regarding to': 'to' should be deleted.
#2 - 'Is planning' is fine. The mistake is 'regarding to': 'to' should be deleted.
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#2 - I think "regarding to" is a reduced relative pronoun. The whole sentence will be: "The city council is planning to take measures ( which regard to ) regarding to the noise level in the city centre."
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huskar#2 - I think "regarding to" is a reduced relative pronoun. The whole sentence will be: "The city council is planning to take measures ( which regard to ) regarding to the noise level in the city centre."I have already explained the error to you.
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I know you mean " regarding " is a PREPOSITION and " regarding to" is not a PREPOSITION. But I think "regarding to" is a reduced relative pronoun. It means "which regard to". Could you explain it to me?
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huskar But I think "regarding to" is a reduced relative pronounNo, it is not a possible English construction.
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The city council is planning to take measures which regard to the noise level in the city centre. So this sentence is wrong?
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Yes. You could follow Mister Micawber's advice, or you could say
The city council is planning to take measures with regard to the noise level in the city centre.
The city council is planning to take measures in regard to the noise level in the city centre.
The city council is planning to take measures with regard to the noise level in the city centre.
The city council is planning to take measures in regard to the noise level in the city centre.
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Thank you Blue Jay. I thought that " regard" can be a verb in my sentence.
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