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Tenacious Learner Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Need Sentence correction (2)

Hi Teachers,

Could you correct these orange sentences please?

This is the situation, the class starts at 7:00 pm and the company closes at the same time too. But yesterday because of a customer, who arrived almost at closing time and asked for a lot of things, one of the students missed the whole class.

Could this be the right sentence?

Miguel missed the whole class because a customer arrived almost at closing time asking for many things.

How about this one?

This is the situation, this person creates computer games every weekend, then he hangs them on the Internet to be played by people.

Could this be the right sentence?

I create computer games and I hang them on the Internet for competition

Thanks in advance
  

Top answer

Miguel missed class because he had to serve a customer who arrived just before closing time. I create computer games and upload them to the Internet for anyone to play.

— MalRey

  • Miguel missed class because he had to serve a customer who arrived just before closing time.
  • I create computer games and upload them to the Internet for anyone to play.
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Miguel missed class because he had to serve a customer who arrived just before closing time.

I create computer games and upload them to the Internet for anyone to play.
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Hi MalRey,

Thank you for your reply.

Could you tell me why you use 'to' intead of 'on' the Internet?

I create computer games and upload them to the Internet for anyone to play.

Thanks

TS
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Thinking SpainCould you tell me why you use 'to' intead of 'on' the Internet?
As you know prepositions are often used without any logical reason and in some cases just plain illogically, in other words there is no reason, that's just the way it is.

For example:

Children play in the yard not on the yard. Why? They just do.
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Hi TS,

I understand why you have this question. People always say " ...on the internet " for whatever activity they were involved in while logged on. In this case, you are not shopping, chatting , browsing or retrieving information while you are on the internet. You are uploading and upload is idomatically associated with to, such as I am uploading my s
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Hi MalRey,

Thank you for your reply. That's why sometimes prepositions drive me crazy.Emotion: nodding

Best,

TS
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Hi dimsumexpress,

Thank you for your reply and explanation. Now I can tell it to my students.Emotion: smile

Best,

TS
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