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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
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Sentence checks please
Hi. Are they correct?
1.We are having our 2009 Chapter Garage Sale on September 13 and need things you are willing to donate like clothes, old bikes, and old utencils to fill our space.
2.We are having our 2009 Chapter Garage Sale and need things you are willing to donate such as clothes, old bikes, and old utencils to fill our space.
3.We are having our 2009 Chapter Garage Sale and need things you are willing to donate, that is, things you don't need and don't necessary use anymore, that you are willing to donate.
4.We are having our 2009 Chapter Garage Sale and need things, for example, old clothes, old bikes, and old utencils, to fill our space.
Also, which one is correct? And is the sentence correct?
He has worked as an administrator in xxx in the past five years and before that/previous to that, he worked in xxx as a clerk for five years.
1.We are having our 2009 Chapter Garage Sale on September 13 and need things you are willing to donate like clothes, old bikes, and old utencils to fill our space.
2.We are having our 2009 Chapter Garage Sale and need things you are willing to donate such as clothes, old bikes, and old utencils to fill our space.
3.We are having our 2009 Chapter Garage Sale and need things you are willing to donate, that is, things you don't need and don't necessary use anymore, that you are willing to donate.
4.We are having our 2009 Chapter Garage Sale and need things, for example, old clothes, old bikes, and old utencils, to fill our space.
Also, which one is correct? And is the sentence correct?
He has worked as an administrator in xxx in the past five years and before that/previous to that, he worked in xxx as a clerk for five years.
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All four seem OK grammatically. The first two strike me as the most idiomatic, I would go with one of them. You should consider omitting "to fill our space" from the end of whichever one you use, it's unnecessary and wordy.
- All four seem OK grammatically.
- The first two strike me as the most idiomatic, I would go with one of them.
- You should consider omitting "to fill our space" from the end of whichever one you use, it's unnecessary and wordy.
- in *** in the past five years" implies that he did not work continuously for all five years.
- in *** for the past five years" implies that he did work continuously for all five years.
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All four seem OK grammatically. The first two strike me as the most idiomatic, I would go with one of them. You should consider omitting "to fill our space" from the end of whichever one you use, it's unnecessary and wordy.
"...in *** in the past five years" implies that he did not work continuously for all five years.
"...in *** for the past five
"...in *** in the past five years" implies that he did not work continuously for all five years.
"...in *** for the past five
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Neither is quite satisfactory. Try:
"We are having our 2009 Chapter Garage Sale, and we need your old, unwanted items such as clothes, bikes, and utencils to fill our space.
He has worked as an administrator in *** for the past five years, and before that (also "previous to that"), he worked in *** as a clerk for five years.
Chris
"We are having our 2009 Chapter Garage Sale, and we need your old, unwanted items such as clothes, bikes, and utencils to fill our space.
He has worked as an administrator in *** for the past five years, and before that (also "previous to that"), he worked in *** as a clerk for five years.
Chris
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