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Kanou Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Rephrasing

Could you please help me with this rephrasing exercises? Could you tell me if the answers are correct?

1. In a couple of years she lost 15 kilos.
It took...
It took her a couple of years to lose 15 kilos.

2. Some medical students have designed this soft food diet.
This...
This sof- food diet has been designed by medical students.

3. You must involve kids in buying and preparing food and they will acquire healthy eating habits.
If you...
If you involve kids in buying and preparing food, they will acquire healthy eating habits.

4. Are you a vegetarian? he asked me.
He wanted to know...
He wanted to know if I was a vegetarian

Thank you!
  

Top answer

Apart from the typo in 2 (sof t -food diet), your rephrases are all correct.

— Teechr

  • Apart from the typo in 2 (sof t -food diet), your rephrases are all correct.
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Apart from the typo in 2 (soft-food diet), your rephrases are all correct. Emotion: wink
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This soft- food diet has been designed by some medical students.

The rest are OK.
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teechrApart from the typo in 2 (soft-food diet), your rephrases are all correct.
Yay! Finally I did something without mistakes!
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99% of speakers accept "if" as you have used it.
However, "whether" should be accepted by 100%.

The if/whether distinction is observed less and less, but I thought you want to be aware that there is one.
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BarbaraPAThe if/whether distinction
Which is...?
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BarbaraPAlinks
The first two links give similar examples with if:

Squiggly didn't know if Aardvark would arrive on Friday.
I don’t know if I can drive. My foot really hurts.


Why are those 100% acceptable but not He wanted to know if I was a vegetarian? (I assume that’s the if y
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