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Messier42 Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

Is my sentence ok?

I was hard pressed for time because I started from the scratch and have not taken any similar language test before. To pursue my study, I put my life on the line to achieve level 3
  

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It is almost always a mistake for learners to try to throw slang and idioms into their compositions; the results are usually quite sad; however: I was hard pressed for time because I started from scratch and have not taken any similar language test before. To get through school , I put my life on the line to achieve level 3.

— Mister Micawber

  • It is almost always a mistake for learners to try to throw slang and idioms into their compositions; the results are usually quite sad; however: I was hard pressed for time because I started from scratch and have not taken any similar language test before.
  • To get through school , I put my life on the line to achieve level 3.
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It is almost always a mistake for learners to try to throw slang and idioms into their compositions; the results are usually quite sad; however:

I was hard pressed for time because I started from scratch and have not taken any similar language test before. To get through school, I put my life on the line to achieve level 3.
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Thank you for your reply!

Which slang and idioms in my setence are wrong to be used ?
Do they sound strange to a native speaker?
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messier42Which slang and idioms in my sentence are wrong to be used ?
None is wrong in itself, but thrown together, they are too many and too much, and they mar the register, which was more formal with such words as 'similar' and 'pursue my studies'.
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Thank you for your comment.
Some words did not fit together with other formal words.
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