Is my usage of 'arose' 'for,' 'could,' and 'had' correct?
Is my usage of 'arose' 'for,' 'could,' and 'had' correct?
1. My Indian teacher allowed us students to speak in the vernacular as the need arose.
2. The speaker used hand gestures for emphasis.
3. My classmates said that Professor Kennedy must have written his full name on the board so that the students could easily remember him. His students had the tendency to forget his real name and simply call him “Prof Ken.”
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Rommel 1. My Indian teacher allowed us students to speak in the vernacular as the need arose. " If the need arose" or " when the need arose" is better.
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- My Indian teacher allowed us students to speak in the vernacular as the need arose.
- " If the need arose" or " when the need arose" is better.
- "As" implies that you spoke in the vernacular each time for a particular purpose, and although that may be true, it is not what is meant.
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Rommel1. My Indian teacher allowed us students to speak in the vernacular as the need arose.
"If the need arose" or "when the need arose" is better. "As" implies that you spoke in the vernacular each time for a particular purpose, and although that may be true, it is not what is meant. "As" is more like "We bailed out the lifeboat as the need
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