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Alc24 Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Meant and made / OF or no OF/ adapt and ajust

Which could you say?

1 She meant more for ballet than contemporary./made more for ballet than...
2 What you're willing to give me for the watch isn't even (worth) one third (of) the price at which I bought it
3 These clothes are (of) better quality.
3 You need to adapt/adjust/tailor it to your needs.

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  • As an observer, I see this.
  • You are obviously an eager learner.
  • But I think what you are trying to achieve is beyond your depth and understanding of the language.
  • So you are experiencing a bit of a lanuage indigestion so to speak.
  • My advice is that you focus on correcting the problem sentence patterns which are giving you the most trouble.
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As an observer, I see this. You are obviously an eager learner. But I think what you are trying to achieve is beyond your depth and understanding of the language. So you are experiencing a bit of a lanuage indigestion so to speak. My advice is that you focus on correcting the problem sentence patterns which are giving you the most trouble. WhatI've observed is that you are trying to utilize all t
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I meant:

1 She's meant more for ballet than contemporary dances such as hip hop./She's made more for...
2 What you're willing to give me for the watch isn't even one third (of) the price I paid for it/I bought it at.

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alc24
1 She is made more for ballet than contemporary dances such as hip hop.

2 What you're willing to give me for the watch isn't even one third (of) the price I paid for it/I bought it at.


Willing is not the best verb in this context. Please review my suggestion. Your sentence is not wrong but quite unnatural.
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