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Taka Posted 21 years ago
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0 A composition by a student of mine: 01blockquote
00 Once you 11b10 are 12b10 used to using computers, you won't feel like wirting a long letter by hand. 12blockquote
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00What do you native speakers think about the composition? Is it acceptable? IMO, 'are' here is kind of strange. I should be 'get' or 'become'. 0-
  

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0 To Taka, 02br 02br 00I think the sentence should be corrected to:- 02br 02br 00"Once you are used to computers, you won't feel like writing a long letter by hand. " 02br 00You can substitute "are" with "get" or "become" and it would still mean the same. ) 0-

— Temico

  • 0 To Taka, 02br 02br 00I think the sentence should be corrected to:- 02br 02br 00"Once you are used to computers, you won't feel like writing a long letter by hand.
  • " 02br 00You can substitute "are" with "get" or "become" and it would still mean the same.
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0 To Taka, 02br
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00I think the sentence should be corrected to:- 02br
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00"Once you are used to computers, you won't feel like writing a long letter by hand. " 02br
00You can substitute "are" with "get" or "become" and it would still mean the same. 02br
00You can also rewrite the sentence, "You won't feel like writing a long
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0 Hello, Taka! 02br
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00How about: 02br
00"Once you are used to word processing, you won't feel like handwriting a long letter/writing a long letter by hand"? 0-
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0 'Are' seems fine to me. It marks the stage at which one 'has got used to using computers', 'has become used to using computers'. 02br
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00MrP 0-
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0 OK, I understand. 02br
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00Thank you, people! 0-
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