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Alc24 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
PREPOSITIONS: ABOUT vs AROUND / Who vs WHOM/ IN or ON/ BUT or EXCEPT
Which preposition or word would you use and are these correct?
1 He has more money than you will ever have. He makes in one day what you make in a year. He makes more in one than you in one year.
2 He makes an annual turnover of about/around 150000 dollars, but this years turnover isn't as high as last years.
3 Here is the girl whom/who he thought was pretty.
4 That was the first and last time I was working here. I worked her once and never again.
5 He lives on the snow so he is used to the cold.
6 Everyone is nice except for/but him.
7 He forbids himself from playing more than hour./to play more than an hour.
8 These shoes are open at/in the back.
9 Which key goes in what/which lock.
Thank you
1 He has more money than you will ever have. He makes in one day what you make in a year. He makes more in one than you in one year.
2 He makes an annual turnover of about/around 150000 dollars, but this years turnover isn't as high as last years.
3 Here is the girl whom/who he thought was pretty.
4 That was the first and last time I was working here. I worked her once and never again.
5 He lives on the snow so he is used to the cold.
6 Everyone is nice except for/but him.
7 He forbids himself from playing more than hour./to play more than an hour.
8 These shoes are open at/in the back.
9 Which key goes in what/which lock.
Thank you
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Here are my corrections/suggestions (in bold).
1 He has more money than you will ever have. He makes in one day what you make in a year. He makes more in one day than you [do] in one year.
2 He makes an annual turnover of about/around 150000 dollars, but this year's turnover isn't as high as last year's. (use possessive year's not years. Al
1 He has more money than you will ever have. He makes in one day what you make in a year. He makes more in one day than you [do] in one year.
2 He makes an annual turnover of about/around 150000 dollars, but this year's turnover isn't as high as last year's. (use possessive year's not years. Al
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Hello Doctor D,
I had one question:
Wouldn't it be
He lives IN the snow so he is used to the cold.
Thank you
I had one question:
Wouldn't it be
He lives IN the snow so he is used to the cold.
Thank you
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I guess that depends on where he is actually living. Is he living in a house surrounded by snow? Then it is more accurate to say "in the snow." Is he living in the wilds, perhaps in a tent? Then it is more accurate to say "on the snow."
Maybe you should rephrase:
He lives in a snowy country, so he is used to the cold.
Maybe you should rephrase:
He lives in a snowy country, so he is used to the cold.
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It's kind of predicatble to see your posting sentences that you labeled "difficul questions". People took the time and gave you a lot of help but as far as I could see, you are not applying them. A lot of your question are in fact quite simple, if you took the time to learn and read real English instead of doing what you are doing. You said you are doing translation from French to English. Is tha
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