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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
how to say it properly
hi, i have 2 questions
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let say there is some uncle Joe, and he has a barking dog.
Now, when i`d like to say about this dog to somebody i`d say "Uncle Joe`s barking dog. But the other person could understand at first "uncle joe is barking", and it would make a little confusion for a moment. So my question is - is the sentence correct? or maybe i have to say it in different way?
2)is there any difference between "you have to make up your mind" and "you have to make your mind up"? how do i know, where to put "up, out, on, etc in similar situations?
(if i made any grammar errors writing the post, i`d like you to let me know about them too:) )
thanks
1)
let say there is some uncle Joe, and he has a barking dog.
Now, when i`d like to say about this dog to somebody i`d say "Uncle Joe`s barking dog. But the other person could understand at first "uncle joe is barking", and it would make a little confusion for a moment. So my question is - is the sentence correct? or maybe i have to say it in different way?
2)is there any difference between "you have to make up your mind" and "you have to make your mind up"? how do i know, where to put "up, out, on, etc in similar situations?
(if i made any grammar errors writing the post, i`d like you to let me know about them too:) )
thanks
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Anonymous Now, when i`d like to say about this dog to somebody i`d say "Uncle Joe`s barking dog. But the other person could understand at first "uncle joe is barking", and it would make a little confusion for a moment. It is highly unlikely that there would be any confusion.
- Anonymous Now, when i`d like to say about this dog to somebody i`d say "Uncle Joe`s barking dog.
- But the other person could understand at first "uncle joe is barking", and it would make a little confusion for a moment.
- It is highly unlikely that there would be any confusion.
- Apart from anything else, the intonation of the words 'Uncle Joe's barking' is different when they form a complete sentence in themselves and when they are part of a longer sentence, for example, 'Uncle Joe's barking dog annoys me'.
- Always capitalise proper nouns and the personal pronoun I.
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AnonymousNow, when i`d like to say about this dog to somebody i`d say "Uncle Joe`s barking dog. But the other person could understand at first "uncle joe is barking", and it would make a little confusion for a moment.It is highly unlikely that there would be any confusion. Apart from anything else, the intonation of the words 'Uncle Joe's barking' is differen
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fivejedjonAlways capitalise proper nouns and the personal pronoun I.wow, that`s something new:) I`ve seen people writing "i" capitalized but until now I didn`t understand why, thanks a lot:)
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