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Mr. Streetwise Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

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0 01font00Could someone please look at following two texts for any grammar mistakes and weird sentences, and also add something, if they feel any need?02br
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02font01b01font001. This Saturday Sports day was celebrated. We teachers made plumes for the children. They waved them in the air. Which brought the ambiance great splendors, and thus conferred it a beautiful rainbow of gaiety. We also made the children hand bands. They seemed very happy wearing the colorful bands. They enjoyed themselves very much, and had fun on the gala event of sports.02font02br
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01b002. 00The children enjoyed the activity a lot. They cut different beautiful color papers, and pasted them into a butterfly outline.02b02br
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01font00Your help is appreciated from the bottom of my heart.02font02br
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1b 01font 001. This Saturday Sports day was celebrated. We teachers made plumes for the children.

— BarbaraPA

  • 1b 01font 001.
  • This Saturday Sports day was celebrated.
  • We teachers made plumes for the children.
  • They waved them in the air.
  • Which brought the ambiance great splendors, and thus conferred it a beautiful rainbow of gaiety.
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1b01font001. This Saturday Sports day was celebrated. We teachers made plumes for the children. They waved them in the air. Which brought the ambiance great splendors, and thus conferred it a beautiful rainbow of gaiety. We also made the children hand bands. They seemed very happy wearing the colorful bands. They enjoyed themselves very much, and had fun on the g
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0No, I mean "hand" there (i.e. hand bands).02br
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00Many many thanks for your help. 05000 I am so grateful to you.010id2
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1b00They waved them in the air02b02br
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01b00It should be:"They waved them into the air"02b0-
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0No, GG's correction is correct - it should be "They waved them in the air".02br
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00Wrist bands or armlets would be better than hand bands.0-
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0Thanks a lot to all of you.05002br
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00I don't have words to thank you all. The forum had no doubt proved to be very helpful for me. I wish I receive the same sorts of responses later.051010id211id2
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1b00They cut different beautiful 01u00color papers02u00 and pasted them into a butterfly outline.02b02br
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01b01i00Shouldn't be it '01u00colored02u00 papers'?02i02b0-
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0I don't have words to thank you all. The forum had no doubt proved to be very helpful for me. 01b00I wish I02b00 01b00receive the same sorts of responses later.02b02br
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00I'm often confused by 'wish' and 'hope'.02br
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01b00I wish I receive the same sorts of responses later.02b02br
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0 I wish you 01font00could02font00 recover soon. 02br
00The difference between hope and wish:02br
00(1)we can say"hope sb.to do sth." but cannot say "wish sb. to do sth."02br
00(2) we can say"wish + noun" but cannot say "hope + noun.", we must use "for" after "hope" e.g.i wish you a happy new year! Hope for the best
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02. 00The children enjoyed the activity a lot. They cut different beautiful 01b01u00color papers02u02b00 and pasted them into a butterfly outline.02br
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00Shouldn't it be 01b00'colored papers'02b00? Could someone please confirm whether 01b00'color' or 'colored'02b00? Thanks in advance.
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0Yes, colored. I'm sorry I missed it in my first review.0-
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