Referrals and Coronary Arrests

Question

Hello!

Please I need help with the following:

What's the meaning of:

1) Referrals to juvenile court rose 15% for 12-year-olds ( In this case what do referrals mean and when do we use olds, as it appears in the example?) ;

2) Law enforcement officers ;

3) Ohio state drug enforcement officials estimate...;

4) Coronary arrests;

5) Now, it's a 4th grade decision;

6) Junior high school ( By the way, could you please also check if the following school levels are correct?)

7) School Levels:

- Kindergarten;

- Elementary school;

- High school: [ 1) Junior high school - is it? 2) Senior high school ]

- College or university;

8) Can I use the verb to broadcast for TV or only for radio ? Ex.: TV broadcasts good and bad programs. And if it only for radio, so how to say the previous sentence?

9) Finally how to read, for example, 4.2% = ( Four__?___two percent) ?

I know it seems not so polite to send lots of questions (doubts) in just one message, but I have a certain urgency concerning to them, because I have some English exercises to hand tomorrow morning. So, I'll be very content if someone of yours, could give me a hand with all of them. Pleaaaaase!!!

Thanks,

Vicky

Goodman · Accepted Answer

Hello!

Please I need help with the following:

What's the meaning of:

1) Referrals to juvenile court rose 15% for 12-year-olds ( In this case what do referrals mean and when do we use olds, as it appears in the example?) ;

"Referrals" here means cases which were previously handled by another law enforcement department but transferred to the juvenile court because of their underage status.

2) Law enforcement officers ; In general the Police, FBI, D.E.A etc..

3) Ohio state drug enforcement officials estimate...;

This should be self-explanatory..

4) Coronary arrests;

Heart failure

5) Now, it's a 4th grade decision; - can't tell without additional context...

6) Junior high school ( By the way, could you please also check if the following school levels are correct?) 8th grade

7) School Levels:

- Kindergarten;

- Elementary school;

-Junior High

- High school:

- College or university;

8) Can I use the verb to broadcast for TV or only for radio ? Ex.: TV broadcasts good and bad programs. And if it only for radio, so how do you say the previous sentence? I don't like the way the ssentence is constructed. Perhap, Some television programs are good and some bad. Broadcast is different than programs.

9) Finally how to read, for example, 4.2% = ( Four_point__two percent) ?

I know it seems not so polite to send lots of questions (doubts) in just one message, but I have a certain urgency concerning to them, because I have some English exercises to hand tomorrow morning. So, I'll be very content if someone of yours, could give me a hand with all of them. Pleaaaaase!!!

Hope it help you!

Anonymous · Answer

Hello, Goodman!

Thank you so much to help me. But tell me why that sentence is not well-made? Isn't it polite or is it gramatically wrong?I tell you this because I've seen in a book this sentence: "TV stations should censor the programs they broadcast". So, instead of broadcast can I use transmit?

"Broadcast is different from programs", I didn't understand what you meant with that. Could you explain me once more? Also what is the grammar explanation for the use of olds instead of old in: "referrals to juvenile court rose 38% for 12-year-olds.

Thanks in advance,

Till soon,

Vicky

BarbaraPA · Answer

Hello Vicky,

I'm not Goodman, but I'll share my opinion.

"Broadcast" can be the same as "airs" when you refer to programming. "That show will air tomorrow night at 9 p.m. Eastern time." or "That program will be broadcast tomorrow..." Both are valid verbs. But sometimes this refers more to the actual act of transmitting: "We're having trouble broadcasting the from this site due to technical difficulties." The other verb you can use is the humble "show." "They should censor the stuff they're showing on TV."

Sometimes you use "broadcast" as a noun to refer to the show itself? "Did you see CNN's broadcast of the Mars landing?"

"12-year-olds" refers to the category of "children who are twelve years old."

One person would be "a 12-year-old," but to refer to many who fit this category you would write it just the way it was written.

Goodman · Answer

Thanks GG. I couldn't have said it better! [D]

Anonymous · Answer

Hi, Goodman and Grammar Geek!

Thank you for your kind help.

Have a nice day,

Vicky

Referrals and Coronary Arrests

Top answer

Get the Weekly English Kit 📬

Related Questions