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Soprano Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

I am back from working....

Hello, could you help me?

Someone wrote:

I am back of working a lot in summer in my last year beach cafe job.

I know it is incorrect and there are several mistakes (are there?).

Could you tell me if I am right or add /make any comment?

1) I am back FROM working...

2) I would tell the student his sentence is too long and mixes too many things.

3) I would have written something such as: I am back from working a lot in summer. I worked at a beach cafe.

4) any other correction you would make to the student?

Thank you in advance!
  

Top answer

"back of" is wrong. "back from" seems the most likely correction -- presumably meaning that the person has returned home after being away all summer working? "my last year beach cafe job" is ungrammatical, and the overall sense of being "back" from a job that happened "last year" is not very clear.

— Mr Wordy

  • "back of" is wrong.
  • "back from" seems the most likely correction -- presumably meaning that the person has returned home after being away all summer working?
  • "my last year beach cafe job" is ungrammatical, and the overall sense of being "back" from a job that happened "last year" is not very clear.
  • It may be possible to get everything into one satisfactory sentence, provided the sentence is structured correctly.
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"back of" is wrong. "back from" seems the most likely correction -- presumably meaning that the person has returned home after being away all summer working?

"my last year beach cafe job" is ungrammatical, and the overall sense of being "back" from a job that happened "last year" is not very clear.

It may be possible to get everything into one satisfactory sentence, provided the
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SopranoI would tell the student his sentence is too long and mixes too many things.
Good point. Still, it is possible (with the right constructions) for a more advanced student to put even more information in one sentence.
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Yes, you are right! "Last year" doesn´t seem to match anywhere.

Great!!! Now I understand much better!

Thank you a LOT!
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Thank you! Yes, but this student is just a lower intermediate and she finds it hard to find the right words.

Thank you very much for your TIME and help!!!
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