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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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I have some questions. Could you help me, please?

0 Please, a help. 01i00 02i00Is it correct to say:02br
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00- I've three older brothers and one sister.02br
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00- I've a girlfriend, her name is Eva.02br
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00- We'll spend all the next weekend just doing nothing. (here is it also possible to say: We'll spend all the following weekend just doing nothing) ?02br
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00 Thanks,02br
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1blockquote 01cite 10Anonymous12cite 10 - I've three older brothers and one sister. 12font 12br 12br 10- I've a girlfriend, her name is Eva. 11font 10 I'd suggest two sentences (period, capital "H").

— Avangi

  • 1blockquote 01cite 10Anonymous12cite 10 - I've three older brothers and one sister.
  • 12font 12br 12br 10- I've a girlfriend, her name is Eva.
  • 11font 10 I'd suggest two sentences (period, capital "H").
  • 12font 12br 12br 10- We'll spend all the next weekend just doing nothing.
  • (here is it also possible to say: We'll spend all the following weekend just doing nothing) ?
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01cite10Anonymous12cite10 - I've three older brothers and one sister. 11font10This is fine.12font12br
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10- I've a girlfriend, her name is Eva. 11font10 I'd suggest two sentences (period, capital "H"). It's ungrammatical without either a conjunction
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01cite10Avangi12cite10- We'll spend all the next weekend just doing nothing. (here is it also possible to say: We'll spend all the following weekend just doing nothing) ? 11font10In your first example, most native speakers would omit "the." In the last example, however, "the" may not be omitted12font
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0 Avangi,02br
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00 Thanks for your help.02br
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00 Best wishes,02br
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00 Juarez 0-
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0Optilang,02br
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00Thanks for your help.02br
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00Best wishes,02br
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00Juarez0-
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0I'd prefer 02br
01i00all 01b00of02b00 the following weekend 02i02br
00even though 01b00of02b00 is missed by many. 02br
00Also, 01b00all02b00 is necessary, it's an intensifier, indicates 01b00the whole/the entirety of.02b0-
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0 Can you explain why 'all' 01b00is 02b00necessary here. If you spend the weekend doing something it implies that you spent all/some of/the entire weekend. I agree that 'all' can be used to remove any doubt. 02br
00But I feel that if the whole weekend was not spent doing whatever, we would qualify this with02br
00I spent some/most of the weekend doi
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0> I agree that 'all' can be used to remove any doubt. 02br
00That's what I mean. 0-
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0 Thanks - it's clear now0-
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