Ive tried correcting these 4 sentences please help

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Coulld you take a look at this

- You're more protected on a moped than a motorcycle. OK
- She would give me money to go buy food. OK
- She's pretty but the second she opens her mouth, it kills it. Her teeth are so ugly. how would you say this
- I (would) imagine it('d) annoy you to lose the money. Coming from someone like you I never thought you would do that. (seems like COMING doesn't go with the rest?)

thanks

Rainychan · Accepted Answer

I would correct them as following. Actually, I don't really understand your third sentence. Hope those can keep your original meaning.

A moped provides you more protection than a motocycle does.

She would give me money to buy food.

I think you would lose money due to its annoying. I never expect someone like you would do that.

Philip · Answer

Although I don't believe it to be true, I think the first sentence should be: You are safer on a moped.....

Knowing you (as I do)...........

Zafar142003 · Answer

- You're more protected on a moped than on a motorcycle.
- She would give me money to go and buy food.
- She's pretty but the second she opens her mouth, the prettiness is destroyed. Her teeth are that ugly.
- I imagined it annoys you to lose money. So coming from someone like you, I was surprised. I never thought you could do that.

BillJ · Answer

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You're more protected on a moped than a motorcycle. OK

- She would give me money to go buy food. OK

- She's pretty but the second she opens her mouth, it kills it. Her teeth are so ugly. how would you say this

- I (would) imagine it('d) annoy you to lose the money. Coming from someone like you I never thought you would do that. (seems like COMING doesn't go with the rest?)

Here are my suggestions:

- You're more protected on a moped than (on) a motorcycle. This looks okay unchanged. You could insert the ellipted on if you wish, but it's not essential.

- She would give me money to buy food (with). Some would accept your 'idiomatic' version, but it would be safer to change it. Don't worry about the stranded preposition 'with' - it's quite acceptable. You could omit it if you wish.

- She's pretty, but her teeth are so ugly that the second she opens her mouth it kills her. This way, it's all in one sentence, which is a more economical statement.

- I would imagine it would annoy you to lose money; knowing you, I never thought you'd do that. Expressions like 'Coming from someone like you' are normally used to comment on something that someone has said, but there's no evidence of reported speech here, so it's not appropriate. You could replace the semi-colon with a period (full stop) if you wish.

BillJ

Ive tried correcting these 4 sentences please help

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