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Michael Swan in his book http://ielts-house.net/Ebook/Vocabulary/Practical%20English%20usage.pdf (page 1) writes:
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Some styles of writing and speech have their own grammatical rules, often because of the need to save space and time.
Informal notes, diary entries etc follow similar rules:
Gone to hairdresser. Back 12:30
Book tickets
Phone Ann
See Joe 11:00
Meeting Sue lunch
The same style may be used in postcards and short informal letters:
Dear Gran
Watching tennis on TV. A good book. Three meals a day. No washing-up. Clean sheets every day.Everything done for me. Yes, you've guessed - in hospital.
Only went to doctor for cold - landed up in hospital with pneumonia!! If you have time please tell the others - would kove some letters to cher me up.
Hope to see you.
Love, Pam.
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I am trying to decipher all of the above:
I have gone to a hairdresser. I will be back at 12:30
I have to book tickets
I have to phone Ann
I have to see Joe 11:00
I have to meet Sue at lunch
Dear Gran
I am watching tennis on TV. I am reading a good book. I have three meals a day. I have no washing-up. I am getting clean sheets every day. I am getting everything done for me. Yes, you've guessed - I am in a hospital.
I only used to go to a doctor for a cold but now I have landed up in th hospital with a pneumonia!! If you have time. please. tell the others - I would love to get some letters to cheer me up.
Hope to see you.
Love, Pam.
Have I written the short sentences full right?
Top answer
Thee I have gone to a hairdresser. Maybe more liike "the hairdresser's", meaning the one she always goes to. Thee I am in a hospital.
- Thee I have gone to a hairdresser.
- Maybe more liike "the hairdresser's", meaning the one she always goes to.
- Thee I am in a hospital.
- In the UK, that's "I am in hospital", meaning you are a patient there.
- " Thee I only used to go to a doctor for a cold No, she means that she went to the doctor this time because she thought she had a cold.
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TheeI have gone to a hairdresser.
Maybe more liike "the hairdresser's", meaning the one she always goes to.
TheeI am in a hospital.
In the UK, that's "I am in hospital", meaning you are a patient there. In the US, it's "I am in the hospital."
TheeI only used to go to a doctor for a cold
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