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Nina_Nia Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

My corrections

Hello,

I have corrected these phrases, but I still have some questions about them. Could you check them please?

1.We were sent in the laboratory two days ago.
2.This composition was written last week.
3.These three students were examined two days ago.
4.Have you been examined in the morning?
5.The telegram was sent late in the evening and he will get it only in the morning.
6.This article must be read by the whole group.
7.This exersice can be written with/by a pencil.(Is by also correct?)
8.All your compositions will be returned to you next week.
9.This letter can be written on a single piece of paper.
10.This letter can be written on one piece of paper.
11.Very beautiful women bags/sacks are made/produced at this factory.
12.Letters can be sent there only in summer/during summer and telegrams the whole year round.
13.A friend of mine is sent abroad every year.
14. Am I being waited for?
Is 'a piece of ' optional in 9 and 10?
Thanks
  

Top answer

) "with" is more correct. ) are made/ produced at this factory. Letters can be sent there only in summer /during summer and telegrams the whole year round.

— Everlastinghope

  • ) "with" is more correct.
  • ) are made/ produced at this factory.
  • Letters can be sent there only in summer /during summer and telegrams the whole year round.
  • Nina_Nia Is 'a piece of ' optional in 9 and 10?
  • "A piece of " means an individual object of a particulat type.
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Nina_Nia7.This exersice can be written with/by a pencil.(Is by also correct?)
"with" is more correct.
Nina_Nia11.Very beautiful women bags/sacks(I think sack is a large bag used to store a large amount of something like potatoes...etc,is that what you mean ?)
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But 'by' is also possible isn't it?

No, I meant a woman's bag that is not used for carring potatoes. So only produced is correct and not made or done, right? But how to explain to a student why what I used was wrong?

Thanks
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Nina_NiaBut 'by' is also possible isn't it?
To be honest,it sounds right too but I've never heard someone saying by a pencil but witth.(hope someone else will explain more).
Nina_NiaNo, I meant a woman's bag that is not used for carring potatoes. So only produced is correct and not made or done, right? But how to explain to a student wh
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Nina_Nia10.This letter can be written on one piece of paper.
I would rather say: This letter can be written on a piece of paper. (not 'on one piece of paper')
Nina_Nia7.This exersice exercise can be written with/by a pencil.(Is by also correct?)
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If it was correct, it would be 'by pencil' anyway.
LS
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If a teacher asks her student to draw something,he will ask :

Shall I draw with any pencil ? (is it correct ?.

I unfortunately just found "to write in pencil" in one of dictionaries.(Macmillan).
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I checked in my dictionary "Longman",it's written :
Write something with/in pencil.
It didn't mention "by" at all.
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everlastinghopeI unfortunately just found "to write in pencil" in one of dictionaries.(Macmillan).
Why 'unfortunately'? That's what I corrected. Take a loot at it.

Nina_Nia7.This exersice exercise can be written with/by a pencil.(Is by also correct?)
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I said "unfortunately" because I found " write in pencil" just after you corrected it.(so you were the first who gave the right answer,though I found this example 'Shall I write with any pencil? also in dictionary and it's considered as correct.
With/in pencil are both correct according to Long
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Ah, got it Emotion: smile Sorry.
everlastinghope I found this example 'Shall I write with any pencil? also in dictionary a
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