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Alc24 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Please help me with these, I've corrected questions, need help making sure?
Could you please tell me what you think about my corrections?
- Grab the rope and swing on it/swing across the abyss. the second is fine, but I don't know about the first??
- I got a tattoo of the name of every personthat who means something to me.
- I never knew what that was (used) for. Used is optional
- I was able to drink the whole bottle in the time it takes me to cross the street. OK
- What does one have do to get some respect around here?
- There has to be something in it for you for you to accept.
- It doesn't hurt to know 3 languages. It can only help. (Can you say "doesn't hurt to know"?) I don't know
- Our parents didn't talk to us the way/as we talk to our kids. both
- Thats the engine noise a Porsche gives off/emits. both
- I got/was sick when I came back from school. both
Thank you
- Grab the rope and swing on it/swing across the abyss. the second is fine, but I don't know about the first??
- I got a tattoo of the name of every person
- I never knew what that was (used) for. Used is optional
- I was able to drink the whole bottle in the time it takes me to cross the street. OK
- What does one have do to get some respect around here?
- There has to be something in it for you for you to accept.
- It doesn't hurt to know 3 languages. It can only help. (Can you say "doesn't hurt to know"?) I don't know
- Our parents didn't talk to us the way/as we talk to our kids. both
- Thats the engine noise a Porsche gives off/emits. both
- I got/was sick when I came back from school. both
Thank you
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- Grab the rope and swing on it/swing across the abyss. -- Both OK. - I got a tattoo of the name of every person that/who means something to me.
- - Grab the rope and swing on it/swing across the abyss.
- -- Both OK.
- - I got a tattoo of the name of every person that/who means something to me.
- -- Both are used, but there is disagreement about the acceptability of "that" when referring to people, so "who" is probably the safer choice.
- - I never knew what that was (used) for.
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- Grab the rope and swing on it/swing across the abyss. -- Both OK.
- I got a tattoo of the name of every person that/who means something to me. -- Both are used, but there is disagreement about the acceptability of "that" when referring to people, so "who" is probably the safer choice.
- I never knew what that was (used) for. Used is optional -- Correct
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- I got a tattoo of the name of every person that/who means something to me. -- Both are used, but there is disagreement about the acceptability of "that" when referring to people, so "who" is probably the safer choice.
- I never knew what that was (used) for. Used is optional -- Correct
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Hello Mr wordy
I had one question
I could find :
"It doesn't hurt to" in the dictionary
Is it an idiom?
Can you say
"It doesn't hurt to" followed by anything?
Is it ???
- Can you say X followed by/with anything?/Can you say X with anything?
Thank you
I had one question
I could find :
"It doesn't hurt to" in the dictionary
Is it an idiom?
Can you say
"It doesn't hurt to" followed by anything?
Is it ???
- Can you say X followed by/with anything?/Can you say X with anything?
Thank you
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alc24I could find :Do you mean "I couldn't find"?
"It doesn't hurt to" in the dictionary
Is it an idiom?
It's a set expression, but its meaning is really just the sum of its parts, so perhaps dictionaries don't see the need to list it separately.
alc24Can you say
"It doesn't hurt to" followed
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