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Usenet Posted 21 years ago
Usage
Introduce sb. to sth.
Hi, there,
Can anybody help me check if the following sentence is correct? Thanks a lot!
" In France, our tour guide introduced us to many delicious foods we'd never tried before."
Is it ok to change the above sentence to " In France, our tour guide introduced many delicious foods we'd never tried before to us."? Thanks again!
Can anybody help me check if the following sentence is correct? Thanks a lot!
" In France, our tour guide introduced us to many delicious foods we'd never tried before."
Is it ok to change the above sentence to " In France, our tour guide introduced many delicious foods we'd never tried before to us."? Thanks again!
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[nq:1]Hi, there, Can anybody help me check if the following sentence is correct? Thanks a lot! " In France, our ...
- [nq:1]Hi, there, Can anybody help me check if the following sentence is correct?
- Thanks a lot!
- " In France, our ...
- "?
- [/nq] That's the way people might talk, as they compose the sentence while speaking it.
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[nq:1]Hi, there, Can anybody help me check if the following sentence is correct? Thanks a lot! " In France, our ... sentence to " In France, our tour guide introduced many delicious foods we'd never tried before to us."? Thanks again![/nq]
That's the way people might talk, as they compose the sentence while speaking it. But when one has time to write it down, reread it, and write it right, I d
That's the way people might talk, as they compose the sentence while speaking it. But when one has time to write it down, reread it, and write it right, I d
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I'd rather not meet the SB, thanks.
They were nasty when they existed, and I'm glad they were abolished.
STH
They were nasty when they existed, and I'm glad they were abolished.
STH
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[nq:1]" In France, our tour guide introduced us to many delicious foods we'd never tried before." Is it ok to change the above sentence to " In France, our tour guide introduced many delicious foods we'd never tried before to us."?[/nq]
Not a good idea for two reasons:
1. Bad word order: the long phrase between "introduced" and"to us" is unidiomatic English.
2. Logic: the rew
Not a good idea for two reasons:
1. Bad word order: the long phrase between "introduced" and"to us" is unidiomatic English.
2. Logic: the rew
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[nq:2]" In France, our tour guide introduced us to many ... introduced many delicious foods we'd never tried before to us."?[/nq]
[nq:1] Not a good idea for two reasons: 1. Bad word order: the long phrase between "introduced" and "to ... sentence introduces the possible implication that the guide introduced foods into France, besides that he introduced you to French food.[/nq]
1. Don, I ha
[nq:1] Not a good idea for two reasons: 1. Bad word order: the long phrase between "introduced" and "to ... sentence introduces the possible implication that the guide introduced foods into France, besides that he introduced you to French food.[/nq]
1. Don, I ha
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[nq:2] Not a good idea for two reasons: 1. ... into France, besides that he introduced you to French food.[/nq]
[nq:1]1. Don, I have a question. 2. I've been meaning to ask you this for some time. 3. Why do you enumerate everything? Ross Howard[/nq]
I also tend to structure my explanations in a similar way, for three reasons:
1 it makes the explanation clearer and
2 it avoids
[nq:1]1. Don, I have a question. 2. I've been meaning to ask you this for some time. 3. Why do you enumerate everything? Ross Howard[/nq]
I also tend to structure my explanations in a similar way, for three reasons:
1 it makes the explanation clearer and
2 it avoids
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