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Alc24 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Please help me with these short sentences not sure of??
Could you please tell me if these sentences are grammatical?
- (Even) if there was a store open, it would be closed.
- I pick who gets to go and who gets to stay.
- I like getting people to believe I’m pregnant
- I got him to make some money by sharing my tips with him.
- I got my wallet stolen.
- Why do you have you headset on if you are speaking into the microphone/speaker.
- You should have told me sooner, given me more notice and not told me on such short notice.
Thank you
- (Even) if there was a store open, it would be closed.
- I pick who gets to go and who gets to stay.
- I like getting people to believe I’m pregnant
- I got him to make some money by sharing my tips with him.
- I got my wallet stolen.
- Why do you have you headset on if you are speaking into the microphone/speaker.
- You should have told me sooner, given me more notice and not told me on such short notice.
Thank you
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Could you please tell me if these sentences are grammatical? Could you tell us when you post sentences like these what degree of formality you are asking for? Also explain how you want to use them.
- Could you please tell me if these sentences are grammatical?
- Could you tell us when you post sentences like these what degree of formality you are asking for?
- Also explain how you want to use them.
- Several of these you might hear in casual conversation in certain quarters, and they would be understood by native speakers, but they would not be acceptable in formal writing.
- In particular, the verb "got" is overused to the point of being misused.
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Could you please tell me if these sentences are grammatical?
Could you tell us when you post sentences like these what degree of formality you are asking for? Also explain how you want to use them.
Several of these you might hear in casual conversation in certain quarters, and they would be understood by native speakers, but they would not be acceptable in formal writing. In p
Could you tell us when you post sentences like these what degree of formality you are asking for? Also explain how you want to use them.
Several of these you might hear in casual conversation in certain quarters, and they would be understood by native speakers, but they would not be acceptable in formal writing. In p
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