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Belly Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

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0Hi there, another 5 questions to ask:02br
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001) If 01b00direct02b00 and 01b00directly02b00 are both adverb, what are the differences between them?02br
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00Ex: We flew direct to Vietnam02br
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00 We flew directly to Vietnam02br
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002) My teacher said that this sentence is wrong:" While Mrs Brown watered the tree, her dog played around" and replace it by" While Mrs Brown was watering the tree, her dog was playing around" because the past continuous set a background for a story while past simple cannot. IS it true?02br
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003) Joanne 01i00___ in French where she_______02i00 a job as a secrectary. At the moment, she is studying in Oxford02br
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00I filled those: 01b00came/ had02b02br
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00My teacher told me I was wrong and corrected: 01b00comes/ has02b02br
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00and say: "You cannot put the two tense in one sentence according to the parallel structure" 02br
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00But I think again:" How about this sentence: she comes from Japan where she used to be a teacher?"02br
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00Who do you think was right?02br
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004) There are 2 cars parked outside. 01i00___ yellow and ____02i00 red one.02br
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00My teacher filled in the blank : 01b00the/ the02b00 on the ground that the two car were determined already.02br
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00But I think hers are so awkward. I think there should be 01b00a/ a02b00 because we just name them out. However, my teacher stuck to her gun. 02br
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00 Who do you think is right?02br
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005) and can we say:01b00John runs a business at the moment02b00 instead of 01i00John is running a business at the moment02i00?0-
  

Top answer

01. I would use 01i 00direct02i 00 in your sentence. 01i 00Directly02i 00 often refers to time: 01i 00He'll be here directly (= soon).

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  • I would use 01i 00direct02i 00 in your sentence.
  • 01i 00Directly02i 00 often refers to time: 01i 00He'll be here directly (= soon).
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  • Using the simple tenses would be less common and render the style less picturesque.
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01. I would use 01i00direct02i00 in your sentence. 01i00Directly02i00 often refers to time: 01i00He'll be here directly (= soon). 02i00However, 01i00directly02i00 is sometimes used instead of 01i00direct02i00 to mean "straight".02br
002. Using the simple tenses would be

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