Need help withsome sentences

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can someone help me with the following sentence and correct them i know about the capitals i just need the grammar

if someone would be so kind as to take a look, its for a friend whose french and since my grammar isn't great i need all the help i can get

thank you

1 choose your level of difficulty based on your /depending on your level of play

2 this piece of meat isn't diced/cut as well as the other

3 there are some songs that are better for your timber and others that don't o your oice proud

there are some songs that are better for your tone of voice and others....

4 guys can go lower than girls (when talikng about voice, is it implied or do you have to add something)

5 i'm more of an artist than her/i'm more of an artist than a photographer

6 she knows how to move (her body)

7she knows how to dance better than you/she dances better than you

8 you have a small margin of error/less margin for erroir against teams like ...

9 she sang the song on key

10 you need to go lower if you want to get the right pitch/key

11 those are two of my favorites/favorite...

12 having done that, isn't it weird/isn't having done that weird

13 there have/has to be reasons for...

14 which sport are you better at/which sport do you play better
15 what did you come to get ?
16 the cops arrested us and started listing everything they could arrest us for and the misdemeanor we're being charged with to try to obtain information as to the motive of...
17 we've been walking around in circles i've already seen this house we walked past it an hour ago

18 you care less about your family than your job
19 you care less about your work than i do about my work/you care less about your work than i do about your work

20 you won't get as good a deal if you go through him as if you go through her

if you go through him you won't get as go a deal as (you would) if you go/went through her (is YOU WOULD OPTIONAL?)

21 the signs i've been getting from her are supposedly the opposite of what her feelings for me are, i'm reading into her every move (how would you rewrite the sentence so its correct)

al

Alc24 · Accepted Answer

1 Choose your level of difficulty based on your /depending on your level of play BASED ON

2 This piece of meat isn't diced/cut as well as the other BOTH

3 There are some songs that are better for your timber and others that don't do your oice proud

There are some songs that are better for your tone of voice and others.... BOTH

4 Guys can go lower than girls (when talikng about voice, is it implied or do you have to add something) I'm not sure

5 i'm more of an artist than her/i'm more of an artist than a photographer BOTH you're comparing two different things

6 she knows how to move (her body)

HER BODY isn't optional

7she knows how to dance better than you/she dances better than you BOTH

8 you have a small margin of error/less margin for erroir against teams like ... BOTH

9 she sang the song on key I don't know

10 you need to go lower if you want to get the right pitch/key BOTH

11 those are two of my favorites/favorite... FAVORITE SINGULAR

12 having done that, isn't it weird/isn't having done that weird BOTH

13 there have/has to be reasons for... HAVE TO BE REASONS

14 which sport are you better at/which sport do you play better BOTH
15 what did you come to get ? OK
16 the cops arrested us and started listing everything they could arrest us for and the misdemeanor we're being charged with to try to obtain information as to the motive of... OK
17 we've been walking around in circles i've already seen this house we walked past it an hour ago OK

18 you care less about your family than your job OK
19 you care less about your work than i do about my work/you care less about your work than i do about your work BOTH comparing two different things

20 you won't get as good a deal if you go through him as if you go through her

if you go through him you won't get as go a deal as (you would) if you go/went through her (is YOU WOULD OPTIONAL?) you won't get as good a deal if you go through him as (you would) if you went through her

21 the signs i've been getting from her are supposedly the opposite of what her feelings for me are, i'm reading into her every move (how would you rewrite the sentence so its correct) I don't know this one

these are my correction if someone could be so kind as to go through them it'd be great as i've been correcting a friends thing iand still have more to go through

thank you

Alc24 · Answer

1 Choose your level of difficulty based on your /depending on your level of play BASED ON

2 This piece of meat isn't diced/cut as well as the other BOTH

3 There are some songs that are better for your timber and others that don't do your oice proud

There are some songs that are better for your tone of voice and others.... BOTH

4 Guys can go lower than girls (when talikng about voice, is it implied or do you have to add something) I'm not sure

5 I'm more of an artist than her/i'm more of an artist than a photographer BOTH you're comparing two different things

6 She knows how to move (her body)

HER BODY isn't optional

7 She knows how to dance better than you/she dances better than you BOTH

8 You have a small margin of error/less margin for erroir against teams like ... BOTH

9 She sang the song on key I don't know

10 You need to go lower if you want to get the right pitch/key BOTH

11 Those are two of my favorites/favorite... FAVORITE SINGULAR

12 Having done that, isn't it weird/Isn't having done that weird BOTH

13 There have/has to be reasons for... HAVE TO BE REASONS

14 Which sport are you better at/which sport do you play better BOTH
15 What did you come to get ? OK
16 The cops arrested us and started listing everything they could arrest us for and the misdemeanor we're being charged with to try to obtain information as to the motive of... OK
17 We've been walking around in circles i've already seen this house we walked past it an hour ago OK

18 You care less about your family than your job OK
19 You care less about your work than i do about my work/You care less about your work than i do about your work BOTH comparing two different things

20 You won't get as good a deal if you go through him as if you go through her

If you go through him you won't get as go a deal as (you would) if you go/went through her (is YOU WOULD OPTIONAL?) you won't get as good a deal if you go through him as (you would) if you went through her

21 The signs i've been getting from her are supposedly the opposite of what her feelings for me are, I'm reading into her every move (how would you rewrite the sentence so its correct) I don't know this one

Yankee · Answer

Hi Alc

I will begin with a few comments. Maybe someone else will add more.

alc242 This piece of meat isn't ~~diced~~/cut as well as the other BOTH

"Diced meat" would normally be a reference to many, very small pieces of meat. Therefore, saying "this piece of meat" doesn't make sense in your sentence. After a hunk of meat is diced, it then consists of a lot of tiny pieces of meat. I can't imagine anyone picking out one single piece of meat from a pile of diced meat and then critiquing the quality of the dicing for that one single morsel.

alc243 There are some songs that are better for your timbre and others that don't do your voice proud
There are some songs that are better for your tone of voice and others.... BOTH

I don't much like the wording in the clause that used the word timbre, and I do not recommend using the variant spelling "timber". Your friend's use of "tone of voice" is also odd. The collocation "tone of voice" normally refers to speaking, and it is generally connected with a particular quality/effect achieved by the words actually used in combination with the intonation and volume used at one particular time (a sarcastic comment, for example).

alc249 She sang the song on key I don't know

The word "off-key" is in common use, but I can't remember ever having heard anyone say "on key". (I assume "off-key" is the opposite of what your friend is attempting to say.)

alc2411 Those are two of my favorites/favorite... FAVORITE SINGULAR

If this is supposed to be a complete sentence, then you need to use the plural "favorites".
If the sentence is incomplete, then your friend should use the singular "favorite", followed by a plural noun.

Alc24 · Answer

and so for number 3 how would you say it if you can use tone of voice

and what about for 9, how would you say the opposite of off key in the sentence

thanks for the explanations but you don't need to, it must have taken you a little longer, if you could just look at the other ones and correct them i'll look for the explanation myself

thank you

alc

Clive · Answer

Hi guys,

I'd just say it's 'better for your voice'.

'On key' doesn't sound completely wrong to me .

We also sometimes say 'in the right key'.

Clive

Alc24 · Answer

thank you clive for taking a look, but could you take a look at the initial sentences and put the correction next to them , because yankee only correct 3 and 9

i'd appreciate it

thank you

Clive · Answer

Hi,

Yankee did 2/3/9/11.

1 Choose your level of difficulty based on your /depending on your level of play BASED ON Either

4 Guys can go lower than girls (when talikng about voice, is it implied or do you have to add something) I'm not sure It's OK in context, or you might say 'can speak lower'. But better is 'have a lower voice'.

5 i'm more of an artist than her/i'm more of an artist than a photographer BOTH you're comparing two different things OK

6 she knows how to move (her body)

HER BODY isn't optional

In a context where you are talking about dancing or movement, it's OK just to say 'she knows how to move'.

7she knows how to dance better than you/she dances better than you BOTH

8 you have a small margin of error/less margin for erroir against teams like ... BOTH Yes

10 you need to go lower if you want to get the right pitch/key BOTH Yes

12 having done that, isn't it weird/isn't having done that weird BOTH

13 there have/has to be reasons for... HAVE TO BE REASONS Yes

14 which sport are you better at/which sport do you play better BOTH Yes, but former is more idomatic. You usually 'do' a sport rather than 'play..
15 what did you come to get ? OK Yes
16 the cops arrested us and started listing everything they could arrest us for and the misdemeanor we're being charged with to try to obtain information as to the motive of... OK Yes, but it rambles too much
17 we've been walking around in circles i've already seen this house we walked past it an hour ago OK Yes, but you need to punctuate to make 3 sentences.

18 you care less about your family than your job OK Yes
19 you care less about your work than i do about my work/you care less about your work than i do about your work BOTH comparing two different things Yes

20 you won't get as good a deal if you go through him as if you go through her Yes

if you go through him you won't get as go a deal as (you would) if you go/went through her (is YOU WOULD OPTIONAL?) Yes

you won't get as good a deal if you go through him as (you would) if you went through her OK

21 the signs i've been getting from her are supposedly the opposite of what her feelings for me are, i'm reading into her every move (how would you rewrite the sentence so its correct) I don't know this one

The signs i've been getting from her are supposedly the opposite of what her feelings are for me.

I'm reading things into her every move.

I'm not sure what is meany by 'supposedly' here.

You need to punctuate all these correctly, and start them with a capital letter. If you know that already, don't fall into the habit of thinking that it's not important. It is.

Best wishes, Clive

Alc24 · Answer

thank you clive, the ones were i've written both and you've written yes does that mean that both options are correct??

and for 20 is it ...as if you go/went through her

thank you

Alc24 · Answer

and one last thing for number 1

Choose your level of difficulty based on your /depending on your level of play

could it also be

ACCORDING to your level of play, which out of the 3 is better if all?

AlpheccaStars · Answer

alc24Choose your level of difficulty based on your /depending on your level of play

I would write any of these, in order of personal preference:

Choose a level of difficulty appropriate for your skill level.
Choose a level of difficulty according to your skill level.
Choose a level of difficulty matched with your skill level.

Cheers,
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