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Tomer Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

Please revise the Conversation to make it sound better.

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00Mom: I'm going to the supermarket02br
00Daughter; 01b00can you say: "How long are you going to be there" ?02br
02b00Mom: No idea, why?02br
00Daugher: Oh i have a party tonight, I was hoping you could take me.02br
00Mom: I'll try to be home as soon as I can02br
00Daughter: Awesome. Thanks mom! Drive safely.02br
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00Thanks,02br
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0The sentence in bold is okay, but "How long will you be gone?" or "When will you be/get back?" would be better. (After all, it won't help much if the mother plans to spend only five minutes at the supermarket, but it will take her an hour to get there and back!)0-
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0Yes, you can use that line of conversation for the daugher, 02br
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00OR: "How long will you be gone?"0-
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0can you say: "How long are you going to be there" ?02br
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00You shouldn't use the quote marks inside the daughters speech. It makes rather a nonsense of the line. It now means: are you able to say the words 'how long are you going to be there?. It isn't asking the mother how long she will be there.02br
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0can you say: "How long are you going to be there" ?02br
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00Nona -- I agree that the format of this was confusing -- but I thought the original poster was asking 01i00us02i00 if it's acceptable to have the daughter say "how long are you going to be there?", rather than the daughter asking the mother "Can you say how long you're going to be there?
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