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Virginia274 Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

Mistakes

Hi everyone,
Did I made any mistakes in following sentences?

Last night, while I was watching TV and feeling drowsy, suddenly the telephone rang. It was strange for me to have telephone call at that time of night.

Thanks in advance.
  

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It was strange for me to get a telephone call at that time of night.

— Enoon

  • It was strange for me to get a telephone call at that time of night.
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It was strange for me to get a telephone call at that time of night.
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Thanks,
Also could you please tell is it correct to say she was speaking with great grief?
What do suggest to use here?
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Let me see the paragraph. It sounds like it is probably too poetical.
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I've myself made it. I wanted to write a diary.
Last night, while I was watching TV and feeling drowsy, suddenly the telephone rang. It was strange for me to get a telephone call at that time of night.When I picked up, It was my classmate. She was speaking with a great grief, she was very anxious and stressed and didn't know how to tell what was happened.I tried to make her calm down.In our co
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I don't want to rewrite the whole thing for you, but there are many mistakes.

Yes, "speaking with great grief" is too lofty. Maybe, "I could hear in her voice that she was very upset."
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enoonI don't want to rewrite the whole thing for you, but there are many mistakes.
Just please could you tell me "I tried to make her calm down" is correct or not?
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virginia274enoonI don't want to rewrite the whole thing for you, but there are many mistakes.Just please could you tell me "I tried to make her calm down" is correct or not?Thanks again.
That is OK, but "make her" sounds like coercion. I would expect, "I tried to calm her down" or "I tried to get her to calm down."
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