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help with grammar, how to write belowA Kids are somewhat of a (toll/strain) on our relationship.....are hard on our relationship.B Those pants match that shirt better than the other shirt.C I hate the feeling in the morning when you wake up and your throat hurts.bye

KrisBlueNZ · Accepted Answer

AnonymousKids are somewhat of a (toll/strain) on our relationship.....are hard on our relationship.

"somewhat of a" is a common error. It should always be "SOMETHING of a":
"Kids ~~are~~ put something of a strain on our relationship."
SOMEWHAT is an adverb and you can use it in this sentence, but not with OF A:
"Kids strain our relationship SOMEWHAT." This is probably the best way to write this sentence; also the most compact.
TOLL is not appropriate unless you use TAKE with it:
"Kids TAKE a TOLL on our relationship".

AnonymousThose pants match that shirt better than the other shirt.

Looks good to me.

AnonymousC I hate the feeling in the morning when you wake up and your throat hurts.

That's OK but I would not put IN THE MORNING right next to FEELING:
"I hate the feeling when you wake up IN THE MORNING and your throat hurts."

Anonymous · Answer

thank you for clearing up somewhat

could i ask how you say ;
China is ahead of us technology.
I make a lot of money off that on that (selling that)

Good day

KrisBlueNZ · Answer

"China is ahead of us IN TERMS OF technology"
"China is ahead of us technology-WISE"
"China's technology is ahead of OURS"

"I make a lot of money FROM selling ping pong *****" (FROM can actually be omitted)
MAKE MONEY OFF and MAKE MONEY OFF OF are deprecated by many; MAKE MONEY FROM is better.

Anonymous · Answer

Many thanks,

might i be able to ask if you could take look at a post of grammar please?

KrisBlueNZ · Answer

Ask away. If it's too long or inappropriate I'll say no or do it in sections.

Anonymous · Answer

here is the lines, I don't think its inappropriate, tell me if it is, thank you teacher

) Is it the same time there than here?

) You really need to want to do that to put up with all this a go to the trouble.

) I don't dance to music in which the artist doesn't sing.

) I take up most of the upper space of the mattress, I like to spread my arms out while sleeping and she takes up most of the lower space of the mattress.

) Your new employee won't know how many sick days you've taken throughout/during the year but how many you've taken in the last 3 months you were at your last job because he asks to see your pay slip.

) When you owe the government money, they sometimes cease your furniture to the debt. Do they give you market value for your furniture or little value. At what value do they take your furniture?

) Stop thinking negatively. You are going over to her house to see her one last time, that way if she leave you'll have seen her once last time.

) The statistics do not correspond [with/to] our own experience.

) In 60% of the patients, all symptoms corresponded [with/to] what we expected.

) The amount in the till doesn't correspond [with/to] the transaction amount for the day.

KrisBlueNZ · Answer

This looks a lot like a homework assignment. I don't help with these, because firstly, the purpose of those is to find out what YOU know, not what I know, and secondly, it is better for your teacher to explain your errors to you than for me to just provide correct answers; you are supposed to be learning, not necessarily scoring well on tests.
I will, however, point out some errors and suggestions that you should take a closer look at.

"I don't dance to music in which the artist doesn't sing." Check out the word INSTRUMENTAL.
"When you owe the government money, they sometimes cease your furniture to the debt." Wrong word
"Stop thinking negatively. You are going over to her house to see her one last time, that way if she ~~leave~~ leaves you'll have seen her once last time."

Anonymous · Answer

Hello,
This is not an assignment, I'm attempting to correctly translate, can I try to make it better and then can you help?

) ~~Is it the same time there than here?~~ Is it the same time in this country as in that one.

) You really need to want to do that IN ORDER to put up with all this AND TO go to ALL the trouble.

) I don't dance to music in which the artist doesn't sing. I was looking to use "in which"

) I take up most of the upper space of the mattress, I like to spread my arms out while sleeping and she takes up most of the lower space of the mattress. Does this mean something to you?

) Your new employer won't know how many sick days you've taken throughout/during the year but how many you've taken in the last 3 months you were at your last job because he asks to see your pay slip. I see nothing wrong

) When you owe the government money, they sometimes cease your furniture to the debt. Do they give you market value for your furniture or little value. At what value do they take your furniture? If it's not cease, I don't know, I really don't know how to state the whole thought.

) Stop thinking negatively. You are going over to her house to see her one last time, that way if she leaves you'll have seen her one last time.

) The statistics do not correspond [with/to] our own experience. One must be better, but I don't know

) In 60% of the patients, all symptoms corresponded [with/to] what we expected. One must be better, but I don't know

) The amount in the till doesn't correspond [with/to] the transaction amount for the day. One must be better, but I don't know

Can I ask if WAY goes with THAT? Is WAY like SO.... THAT

The store was way out of his way that I didn't think he would come.
The store was so out of his way that I didn't think he would come.

Sincerely yours

KrisBlueNZ · Answer

OK. It would help if you posted under a named account; then we could get to know you, and be more confident that you're not wasting our time.

~~Is it the same time there than here?~~ Is it the same time in this country as in that one.
That's acceptable. Also "Is it the same time HERE as [it is] THERE?" or "Are we [both] in the same time zone?" or "Is <your_country> in the same time zone as <my_country>?"

You really need to want to do that IN ORDER to put up with all this AND TO go to ALL the trouble.
"really NEED TO WANT TO" sounds a bit odd. Better would be "really have to want to", "have to REALLY want to", "must really want to".

I don't dance to music in which the artist doesn't sing. I was looking to use "in which"
That's OK. I'd suggest "... in which there is no singer" because it's not necessarily the "artist" who sings.

I take up most of the upper space of the mattress, I like to spread my arms out while sleeping and she takes up most of the lower space of the mattress. Does this mean something to you?
I'm not sure what you mean by "upper space" and "lower space" in relation to a mattress. Your word choices are OK but the punctuation isn't good. I suggest changing the comma after the first MATTRESS to a semicolon, or BECAUSE, and after SLEEPING, remove AND and start a new sentence. You can delete the final OF THE MATTRESS because your meaning is clear from the first part.

Your new employer won't know how many sick days you've taken ~~throughout/~~during the year , (comma) but he will know how many you've taken in the last 3 months ~~you were~~ at your last job because he asks to see your pay slip.
My addition of HE WILL KNOW is important, because you should explicitly contrast WON'T KNOW with WILL KNOW.

When you owe the government money, they ~~sometimes~~ suggest may or are allowed to ~~cease~~ do you mean seize? your furniture to cover the debt. Do they give you market value for your furniture or ~~little value~~ less than market value ? At what value do they take your furniture?
DO THEY ... makes the second sentence a question, so it must end with a question mark.
I would combine the last two sentences into "HOW MUCH do they give you for your furniture? Market value, or less?"
GIVE YOU is a simplification, because they don't GIVE you (or PAY you) anything. You could say they CREDIT you for the furniture.
Actually it's simpler to say "Do they VALUE your furniture at market value (or MARKET RATES), or less?"
In this case, VALUE is a verb that means "assign or ascribe a value to". The question means, in other words, "Do they decide the value of your furniture from its market value, or less?"

Stop thinking negatively. You are going over to her house to see her one last time , ; (or period and new sentence) that way if she leaves you (probably) , at least you'll have seen her one last time.
Repetition of ONE LAST TIME is unnatural. I would remove the first ONE LAST TIME, because in that sentence you haven't yet mentioned the possibility that she will leave, so it's premature to assume she will, and that this will be the last time.

The statistics do not correspond ~~with/~~to our ~~own~~ (probably unnecessary) experience.
In 60% of the patients, all symptoms corresponded ~~with/~~to what we expected.
The amount in the till doesn't correspond ~~with/~~to the transaction amount for the day. Suggest expected amount
Correspond WITH means to communicate with someone by letter, email, etc.

The store was way out of his way that I didn't think he would come. No, you need SO in there.
The store was so suggest adding far out of his way that I didn't think he would come. Good.
WAY (in this position) is just an intensifier; it means the same as MUCH (but you wouldn't use WAY in written English).
You can't omit SO. You can say "The shelf was SO high [that] I couldn't reach it" or "The shelf was WAY HIGHER THAN I could reach".

Anonymous · Answer

Thank you teacher,

I will sign up once at home. I am not on my computer.

May i ask couple of last things? I'm confused if its correct.
Is scan at correct?
The price this article scans at is always different than the price on the shelves.
The article scans at $9,99

For the price we spent she better keep the car a good 5 years.
He's struggling for considering he's usually very good.

He's higher ranking than you in the company.
He's lower ranking than you in the company. He isn't privy to these kind of things.

What do you judge whether a pizza is good on?
How do you judge whether a pizza is good?
What do you base whether a pizza is good on?
How do you know whether a pizza is good?

Your help is greatly appreciate.

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