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Sundarnaz Posted 8 years ago
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Idiomatic translation

Thanks for your response to my post.

I have translated some idiomatic sentences into English. Please see if these are correct and natural.

1) John does exercise daily.

2) Julia haven't mixed water with milk.

3) How many siblings do you have?

4) His life is an example for us.

5) Why are you wasting your valuable time?

  

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1) John does exercise daily. Good 2) Julia haven't mixed water with milk. Wrong 3) How many siblings do you have?

  • 1) John does exercise daily.
  • Good 2) Julia haven't mixed water with milk.
  • Wrong 3) How many siblings do you have?
  • Good 4) His life is an example for us.
  • Good 5) Why are you wasting your valuable time?
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1) John does exercise daily. Good

2) Julia haven't mixed water with milk. Wrong

3) How many siblings do you have? Good

4) His life is an example for us. Good

5) Why are you wasting your valuable time? Good


Fix #2.

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sundarnaz1) John does exercise daily.

That's fine but, another possibility is John exercises daily.

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