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Could you please help me correct these sentences?

1 You should stay at this hotel since you know their minimum standards. It can't be worse than the hotels you've been to. (Can you say minimum standards? Is minimum standard the right word?)

2 Other than his job, don't ask him anything.

3 Each client will usually pay the same price for the same room if it's during the same season. (hotel) sounds off?

4 He looked at what we were looking at. (he turned around to look at what we were looking at.)

5 Arrange the fruit prettily in the basket.

Thank you

Triident · Accepted Answer

alc241 You should stay at this hotel since you know their minimum standards. It can't be worse than the hotels you've been to. (Can you say minimum standards? Is minimum standard the right word?)

--> You should stay at this hotel since you already know what their standards are. It can't be worse than the other hotels you've been to.

You're right, "minimum standards" doesn't really work here.

alc242 Other than his job, don't ask him anything.

--> Don't ask him anything other than what his job is.

It sounds more natural with the imperative first in the sentence.

The "what...is" needs to be added otherwise the question doesn't make sense

-"Ask him his job." X

-"Ask him what his job is." v

alc243 Each client will usually pay the same price for the same room if it's during the same season. (hotel) sounds off?

--> During the same season, each client will usually pay the same price for the same room.

The repetition is "same" is what makes this sound confusing, when the ones you want to draw attention to are the price and the room. In my version, I put the season at the beginning to change the emphasis. The "if" isn't really needed then.

alc244 He looked at what we were looking at. (he turned around to look at what we were looking at.)

--> He turned around to see what we were looking at.

The repetition is "look at" isn't gramatically wrong, it just sounds awkward.

alc245 Arrange the fruit prettily in the basket.

--> Arrange the fruit [nicely / creatively etc] in the basket.

"Prettily" is a word that isn't used very often; it sounds awkward.

Obviously there are going to be other ways to answer this - these are just my suggestions.

Hope this helps!

Alc24 · Answer

Thank you so much,

I had one question if possible:

What about

Other than his job, don't ask him to do anything.

as , if you turn it around it sounds ok to me

Don't ask him to do anything other than his job.

Thank you so much

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