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Alc24 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
IN VAIN
Are both of these correct?
1 I won't let her death be in vain./I won't let her have died in vain.
I had 2 more question I wanted to ask?
the use of DOWNWIND
can you use it like this?
1 The fallout from the blast is moving downwind.
And in the following, does READ OFF MAKE SENSE or is it some other term that is more appropriate?
Thank you
The subtitles read off faster than the video so the video and subtitles don't stay in sync.
1 I won't let her death be in vain./I won't let her have died in vain.
I had 2 more question I wanted to ask?
the use of DOWNWIND
can you use it like this?
1 The fallout from the blast is moving downwind.
And in the following, does READ OFF MAKE SENSE or is it some other term that is more appropriate?
Thank you
The subtitles read off faster than the video so the video and subtitles don't stay in sync.
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/I won't let her have died in vain. -- both okay 1 The fallout from the blast is moving downwind. -- Okay grammatically (but kind of odd to say, because of course it would move downwind.
- /I won't let her have died in vain.
- -- both okay 1 The fallout from the blast is moving downwind.
- -- Okay grammatically (but kind of odd to say, because of course it would move downwind.
- ") The subtitles read off faster than the video so the video and subtitles don't stay in sync.
- -- This is understandable, but I think "appear" or "proceed" instead of "read off" would be more usual.
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1 I won't let her death be in vain./I won't let her have died in vain. -- both okay
1 The fallout from the blast is moving downwind. -- Okay grammatically (but kind of odd to say, because of course it would move downwind. A more likely use would be something like "communities downwind of the blast are being urged to evacuate.")
The subtitles read off faster than the v
1 The fallout from the blast is moving downwind. -- Okay grammatically (but kind of odd to say, because of course it would move downwind. A more likely use would be something like "communities downwind of the blast are being urged to evacuate.")
The subtitles read off faster than the v
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Hello Khoff,
I had a question regarding the last sentence.
You know one the internet when you watch a movie, lets say on youtube.
The is a red line that has to load before you can actually watch the video, I think it's called the buffer data or something, and when the connection isn't great the red line doesn't load very fast. so how would you say the following please:
I had a question regarding the last sentence.
You know one the internet when you watch a movie, lets say on youtube.
The is a red line that has to load before you can actually watch the video, I think it's called the buffer data or something, and when the connection isn't great the red line doesn't load very fast. so how would you say the following please:
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Hello Khoff,
How are you?
I had a question:
Is it possible to say
Her death wasn't in vain.
and can you tell what you think about the above sentence please?
Thank you so much
How are you?
I had a question:
Is it possible to say
Her death wasn't in vain.
and can you tell what you think about the above sentence please?
Thank you so much
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FYI
It is better to post a new question than to pull up a post from nearly a year ago.
It is better to post a new question than to pull up a post from nearly a year ago.
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"Her death wasn't in vain" is fine -- although i think it sounds a little better to say "Her death was not in vain" Someohow "in vain" has a rather formal sound that doesn't go well with the contraction.
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