Homework

Question

Hello,Because I'm retired , I follow the course of English ( my native language is Dutch).For homework, we must to correct a lot of sentences. For example:wrongcorrection ?1 What you want drink?What do you want to drink?2 I have a Coke, please.Can I have a Coke, please?3 1 can't to help you.I can't help you.4 It's starting rain.It's starting to rain.5 I'm looking forward to see you again soon. Ilook forward to see you again soon.6 I think to change my job soon.I'm thinking to change my job soon.7 Phone me tonight. I give you my phone number. Phone metonight. I'll give you my phone number.8 I see the doctor tomorrow about my back. I'mseeing the doctor tomorrow about my back. Or: I'm going to see the doctortomorrow about my back.Thank you veru much. Ropa, Belgium.

Usenet · Accepted Answer

"rpaeps" (Email Removed) a écrit dans le message de
[nq:1]Hello, Because I'm retired , I follow the course of English ( my native languageis Dutch). For homework, we must ... about my back. Or: I'm going to see the doctor tomorrow about my back. Thank you veru much. Ropa, Belgium.[/nq]
English is not my mother tongue so I might have made mistakes.

Usenet · Answer

audrey typed thus:
[nq:2]1 What you want drink? What do you want to drink?[/nq]
OK
[nq:2]2 I have a Coke, please. Can I have a Coke, please?[/nq]
Nothing wrong with this in colloquial English, although you should perhaps know that strictly, "can" is used to enquire about whether something is possible. You should really say "May I have a Coke, please?"
[nq:1]I'll have a Coke, please.[/nq]
This is OK, but only as a reply to the previous question, or "What would you like?" Otherwise, on its own it is a little abrupt.
[nq:2]3 1 can't to help you. I can't help you.[/nq]
OK
[nq:2]4 It's starting rain. It's starting to rain.[/nq]
OK
[nq:2]5 I'm looking forward to see you again soon. I look forward to see you again soon.[/nq]
No - you need "seeing".
[nq:1]I'm looking forward to seeing you again soon.[/nq]
This is OK.
[nq:2]6 I think to change my job soon. I'm thinking to change my job soon.[/nq]
This one doesn't fit with the rest - it should be: I'm thinking of changing my job soon.
[nq:2]7 Phone me tonight. I give you my phone number. Phone me tonight. I'll give you my phone number.[/nq]
OK
[nq:1]I am giving you my phone number. (I'm not completely sure but you can't use "will" there)[/nq]
Yes, you can use "will". This version is wrong - it says that I am giving you my number now.
[nq:2]8 I see the doctor tomorrow about my back. I'm ... I'm going to see the doctor tomorrow about my back.[/nq]
Both OK.

David

=
replace the first component of address
with the definite article.

Usenet · Answer

I thank you very much, Ropa.
"the Omrud" (Email Removed) schreef in bericht

Usenet · Answer

rpaeps typed thus:
[nq:1]I thank you very much, Ropa.[/nq]
I forgot: Your introduction is wrong.
[nq:1]Hello, Because I'm retired , I follow the course of English ( my native language is Dutch).[/nq]
I am following an English course.
[nq:1]For homework, we must to correct a lot of sentences. For example:[/nq]
We must correct a lot of sentences
or
We have to correct a lot of sentences.

David
==
replace the first component of address
with the definite article.

Usenet · Answer

[nq:1]Because I'm retired , I follow the course of English ( my native language is Dutch). For homework, we must to correct a lot of sentences. For example: wrong correction ? 1 What you want drink? What do you want to drink?[/nq]
Yes.
[nq:1]2 I have a Coke, please. Can I have a Coke, please?[/nq]
That's fine, but "I'll have a Coke, please" would also be correct and would be closer to the original.
[nq:1]3 1 can't to help you. I can't help you.[/nq]
Yes.
[nq:1]4 It's starting rain. It's starting to rain.[/nq]
Yes.
[nq:1]5 I'm looking forward to see you again soon. I look forward to see you again soon.[/nq]
No. Either version would be correct if "see" was replaced by "seeing".
[nq:1]6 I think to change my job soon. I'm thinking to change my job soon.[/nq]
"I'm thinking of changing my job soon."
[nq:1]7 Phone me tonight. I give you my phone number. Phone me tonight. I'll give you my phone number.[/nq]
Yes.
[nq:1]8 I see the doctor tomorrow about my back. I'm seeing the doctor tomorrow about my back. Or: I'm going to see the doctor tomorrow about my back.[/nq]
Yes, both of your suggested corrections are fine.

John Hall
Johnson: "Well, we had a good talk."
Boswell: "Yes, Sir, you tossed and gored several persons." Dr Samuel Johnson (1709-84); James Boswell (1740-95)

Usenet · Answer

[nq:2]Because I'm retired , I follow the course of English ... What you want drink? What do you want to drink?[/nq]
[nq:1]Yes.[/nq]
I realise that that is open to misinterpretation. By "yes", I meant "yes, it's correct".

John Hall
Johnson: "Well, we had a good talk."
Boswell: "Yes, Sir, you tossed and gored several persons." Dr Samuel Johnson (1709-84); James Boswell (1740-95)

Usenet · Answer

At 18:48:48 on Mon, 13 Dec 2004, rpaeps (Email Removed) wrote in (Email Removed):
[nq:1]I thank you very much, Ropa.[/nq]
If you want to show your gratitude (and, by the way, thank you for posting your suggested answers to the questions, rather than just asking what they should be), may I ask you in future to put your reply after the quoted text, and snip out what isn't relevant in the quote, the way I have done in this post? It's the way it's usually done in uk.* newsgroups, and is generally considered more polite.
Molly Mockford
I think I've been too long on my own, but the little green goblin that lives under the sink says I'm OK - and he's never wrong, so I must be! (My Reply-To address *is* valid, though may not remain so for ever.)

Usenet · Answer

Molly Mockford typed thus:
[nq:2]I thank you very much, Ropa.[/nq]
[nq:1]If you want to show your gratitude (and, by the way, thank you for posting your suggested answers to the questions, rather than just asking what they should be[/nq]
I will add that it was the attempt to answer the questions before asking for help which prompted me to assist.

David
==
replace the first component of address
with the definite article.

Usenet · Answer

This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools.

629863000-1286939289-1103018423=:28717
[nq:1]Nothing wrong with this in colloquial English, although you should perhaps know that strictly, "can" is used to enquire about whether something is possible. You should really say "May I have a Coke, please?"[/nq]
Except that this would sound stilted and old-fashioned in almost all circumstances now. The phrase "Can I have a Coke, please?" would=20 always be interpreted as a request for a drink, only a linguist or logician making a joke would think of replying "yes" but not serving one. You could even say "Is it possible to have a Coke, please?" which would come across as extra polite but would be interpreted as a request for the drink. The difficult thing is how you would ask about the possibility of having a Coke without it coming across as a request for=20 one, to make yourself clear I think you'd have to say something like "I don't actually want one, but do you have Coke available?". It wouldn't work to say "I don't actually want one, but can I have a Coke?".

Matthew Huntbach
629863000-1286939289-1103018423=:28717

Usenet · Answer

Matthew Huntbach typed thus:
[nq:2]Nothing wrong with this in colloquial English, although you should ... You should really say "May I have a Coke, please?"[/nq]
[nq:1]Except that this would sound stilted and old-fashioned in almost all circumstances now. The phrase "Can I have a Coke, ... you have Coke available?". It wouldn't work to say "I don't actually want one, but can I have a Coke?".[/nq]
I agree with all of that except for the suggestion that "May I have a Coke?" sounds old-fashioned. Sounds perfectly normal to me.

David
==
replace the first component of address
with the definite article.

Homework

Top answer

Get the Weekly English Kit 📬

Related Questions