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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Questions about some words

1b01i01u00Sorry, but I decided to type my questions and send them again, because when I typed it before there was a mistake in it. 02u02i02b02br
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00Hi! 02br
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01u00Please 02u00I need help!!!!!!02br
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01b01u00The correct pronunciation of :02u02b02br
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00hypocrisy is = 00Ipócrisi00 or 00háipocrisi00?02br
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00Mayhem (chaos) is =00 mâiem00 ?02br
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00bourgeois is = 00bôujoar00 ? 02br
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00habits is = 00rábits 00? (01b00sorry to represent the sound of the words at this way, but it was the easiest way I found to show you how I think they are pronounced) 02b02br
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00And in this sentence: Lots of people 01b01u00can't begin to praise the usefulness02u02b00 of computer in their lives. What's the idea of it when it says 01u01b00lots of people can't begin to praise the usefulness02b02u00 of computer? What does 01b00can't begin02b00 mean?02br
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00Thank you,02br
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00Hadija0-
  

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01i 00 (can't = cannot; begin = start)02i 02br 02br 00But I do find the sentence ''Lots of people can't begin to praise the usefulness of computer in their lives'' a bit weird. The sentence doesn't look and sound right. Maybe the sentence is being constructed wrongly.

— Spectacled-Girl

  • 01i 00 (can't = cannot; begin = start)02i 02br 02br 00But I do find the sentence ''Lots of people can't begin to praise the usefulness of computer in their lives'' a bit weird.
  • The sentence doesn't look and sound right.
  • Maybe the sentence is being constructed wrongly.
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0Hmm, if I am not wrong, the ''can't begin'' in this case means ''cannot start'.01i00 (can't = cannot; begin = start)02i02br
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00But I do find the sentence ''Lots of people can't begin to praise the usefulness of computer in their lives'' a bit weird. The sentence doesn't look and sound right. Maybe the sentence is being constructed wrongly. From the sen
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0 01i00can't begin to02i00 means there is so much that it's very difficult to begin the long list that must necessarily follow.02br
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00 I can't begin to tell you how useful that course in biology was to me. =02br
00 The biology course was so useful in so many ways that I'm having trouble organizing my thoughts to explain all of it to y
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0Hi, Calif Jim!02br
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00Thanks for your help.02br
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00Best regards,02br
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00Kadija0-
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0Hi, Spectacled-girl!02br
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00Thanks for helping me.02br
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00Best regards,02br
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00Hadija0-
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