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TinaMr Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
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Could you look over these open cloze sentences:
1. DESPITE the mere suggestion that something might be wrong, he became most unpleasant.
2. Everything must be AS it claims to be.
3. If you are brought a vintage NOT from that stated on the wine list, send it back.
4. The empire the dog fence preserves is ONE of the wool-growers.
5. Sceptics found similar interconnections AMONG telephone boxes across the UK. (or BETWEEN?)
Thank you very much!
1. DESPITE the mere suggestion that something might be wrong, he became most unpleasant.
2. Everything must be AS it claims to be.
3. If you are brought a vintage NOT from that stated on the wine list, send it back.
4. The empire the dog fence preserves is ONE of the wool-growers.
5. Sceptics found similar interconnections AMONG telephone boxes across the UK. (or BETWEEN?)
Thank you very much!
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# 4 is wrong. For #5, some strict grammarians would find 'between' more correct, I think.
- # 4 is wrong.
- For #5, some strict grammarians would find 'between' more correct, I think.
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# 4 is wrong.
For #5, some strict grammarians would find 'between' more correct, I think.
For #5, some strict grammarians would find 'between' more correct, I think.
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Thank you, Mister Micawber! Could you tell me what's wrong with sentence #4.
Besides, please correct me if I'm wrong - to my knowledge, when it's about 2 items, we say "between"; about many items, we say "among".
Which sentence sounds better: "Everything must be AS it claims to be." or "Everything must be WHAT it claims to be".
"If you are brought a vintage NOT from that stated on the
Besides, please correct me if I'm wrong - to my knowledge, when it's about 2 items, we say "between"; about many items, we say "among".
Which sentence sounds better: "Everything must be AS it claims to be." or "Everything must be WHAT it claims to be".
"If you are brought a vintage NOT from that stated on the
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TinaMrCould you tell me what's wrong with sentence #4.Change 'one' to 'that'.
TinaMrBesides, please correct me if I'm wrong - to my knowledge, when it's about 2 items, we say "between"; about many items, we say "among".It depends upon the interaction: is is between each pair of a group or at the same time among all group m
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Thank you very much, Mister Micawber for your explanations! To say the truth, I haven't heard of this kind of difference between "between" and "among".
I have one more question:
In the sentence, "the empire the dog fence preserves is ONE of the wool-growers", you wrote that "one" should be changed into "that". Could you tell me an appropriate grammatical term (pronouns? I don't think so...
I have one more question:
In the sentence, "the empire the dog fence preserves is ONE of the wool-growers", you wrote that "one" should be changed into "that". Could you tell me an appropriate grammatical term (pronouns? I don't think so...
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Yes, 'one' and 'that' are pronouns there.
These are correct:
The empire the dog fence preserves is that of the wool-growers. (the growers have only one empire)
The empire the dog fence preserves is one of the wool-growers'. (the growers have several empires) Note the apostrophe.
These are correct:
The empire the dog fence preserves is that of the wool-growers. (the growers have only one empire)
The empire the dog fence preserves is one of the wool-growers'. (the growers have several empires) Note the apostrophe.
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Very interesting! I love to learn such small details about foreign languages!
Thank you very, very much, Mister Micawber!
Thank you very, very much, Mister Micawber!
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