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.. can you please take a look at the following statement:
They seem to have got the hang of the air condition in this mall, unlike other malls where they're yet to get it right.
-Is it correct and understandable as it is (even if it's not the most natural of sentences)?
-Do you think it would sound better to substitute yet with still?
-Do you think it should be air conditioning, not air condition?
Thank you.
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(American English) They seem to have gotten the hang of air conditioning in this mall, unlike other malls where they have yet to get it right. Americans conjugate the participle of "get" "gotten" in that context, but not everybody all the time. You "get the hang of" a procedure, not an object.
- (American English) They seem to have gotten the hang of air conditioning in this mall, unlike other malls where they have yet to get it right.
- Americans conjugate the participle of "get" "gotten" in that context, but not everybody all the time.
- You "get the hang of" a procedure, not an object.
- "They're" is "they are", but the expression goes "have yet to", so it becomes "they have".
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(American English) They seem to have gotten the hang of air conditioning in this mall, unlike other malls where they have yet to get it right.
Americans conjugate the participle of "get" "gotten" in that context, but not everybody all the time. You "get the hang of" a procedure, not an object. "They're" is "they are", but the expression goes "have yet to", so it becomes "they have". "The
0It should be "air conditioning," and the tense should be "they've" rather than "they're."
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