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New2grammar Posted 18 years ago
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01. I had to endure the long transit 05000 in Phoenix in the hot weather and the air conditioning wasn't working.02br
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00X: Are you Mr. Roberts? 02br
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00Mr. Roberts: Yes.02br
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00X: My name is Ahmed. I'm a concierge at the Continential and I'm here to take you to your hotel. 02br
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001. Are they correct?02br
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002. In #1, is time needed?02br
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003. Do you call a person sent by a hotel to pick a guest up a concierge?02br
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00Thanks in advance!010id26
  

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01. Yes. I think "the" should be capitalized in "The Continental" (sp).

— Avangi

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  • I think "the" should be capitalized in "The Continental" (sp).
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  • Technically, no, but no one will know what you're talking about.
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01. Yes. I think "the" should be capitalized in "The Continental" (sp). I think, a comma after "weather." 02br
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002. Technically, no, but no one will know what you're talking about. We'd probably say, "a long bus trip" or "a long trip by rail." If you wish to complain about the duration rather than the distance, "The trip was interminable," or "The trip seemed to take
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0Thanks Avangi for the reply.02br
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00I have some follow up questions:02br
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001. Do you capitalize The Hilton?02br
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002. No one will know what I'm talking about? I thought transit was always associated with the 02br
00activity where one gets off the plane and board another one. What would you say to make02br
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01. Google doesn't bear me out on capitalizing "the." I see it both ways, but mostly lower case.02br
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002. In the US, we don't commonly use "transit" the way you did in your post. Perhaps you could find it like that in a technical article. (I can't see your sentence from here.) I think you used it in a sense like, "The transit was difficult." You're talking about an e
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0First, thank you for the detailed reply. It has a lot of great information that I find useful.02br
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00Actually, I have two more questions but I think they are beyond the scope of this thread. I'll create new threads for them. Thanks Avangi for your time and patience.0-
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0The consierge is the person at the hotel who helps you make arrangements for other things in the city. He or she will have information on recreational activities, restaurants, shows, etc, and will usually be able to purchase tickets, make reservations for you, and so on. 0-
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0Thanks, GG. My American Heritage says, "concierge n. 01b001.02b00 A person who attends the entrance of a building; a janitor. 01b002.02b00 (obs.) etc." I knew 01u00that02u00 couldn't be right!02br
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00Best wishes, - A.0-
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0It would help if I spelled it right, of course.02br
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00con·cierge00 - a usually multilingual hotel staff member who handles luggage and mail, makes reservations, and arranges tours00; 01i00broadly02i00 01b00:02b00 a person employed (as by a business) to make arrangements or run errands (M-W)0-
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