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Kanou Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary

Sentences Correction

Could you please correct the following sentences?

- I blame her for my misfortune.
- Now that she has died I hope for a better life.
- I didn’t want to depend on him, but now that I don’t have any choice left I will have to.
- We spend € 300 on colourful dresses.
- I’m confident of being able to seduce him.
- They were surprised by the noble’s attitude towards them.
- They were surprised at the celebration by the Inquisition.
- I have enough capacity for deciding what would be best for my children.
- I don’t trust in him. Just look at his cold eyes.
- There is a strong likelihood of us wearing dresses for the ceremony
- There is little likelihood that we aee going to be invited.
- There is some chance that he will appear.
- He increased the taxes with the result that more farmers died of hunger.
  

Top answer

I have underlined some evident problems: - We spend € 300 on colourful dresses. - They were surprised at the celebration by the Inquisition . - I have enough capacity for deciding what would be best for my children.

  • I have underlined some evident problems: - We spend € 300 on colourful dresses.
  • - They were surprised at the celebration by the Inquisition .
  • - I have enough capacity for deciding what would be best for my children.
  • - I don’t trust in him.
  • Just look at his cold eyes.
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I have underlined some evident problems:

- We spend€ 300 on colourful dresses.
- They were surprised at the celebration by the Inquisition.
- I have enough capacity for deciding what would be best for my children.
- I don’t trust in him. Just look at his cold eyes.
- There is a strong likelihood of us wearin
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Mister Micawber- We spend€ 300 on colourful dresses.
We spend *€300* in colourful dresses. (Was it the space between spend and €?)
Mister MicawberI don’t trust in him. Just look at his cold eyes.
I don't trust him.

But when du you you use trust in?
Mister Micawber- There is little likelihood
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KanouWe spend *€300* in colourful dresses. (Was it the space between spend and €?)
No; that was a software glitch. It is the verb form that is wrong.
KanouBut when du you you use trust in?
With '***', mostly.
KanouThe rest I can't figure out what is wrong with them
- They were surprise
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Mister MicawberNo; that was a software glitch. It is the verb form that is wrong.
Uh. I finally got it. It's spent!
Mister MicawberThey were surprised at the celebration by the Inquisition.— This one makes no sense to me. The Inquisition celebrated nothing, to my knowledge.
I meant that the Inquisition interrumpted the celeb
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KanouI meant that the Inquisition interrupted the celebration and everyone was surprised
Ha! Ambiguous word order.

The celebrants were surprised by the Inquisition.
The Inquisition surprised them at the celebration.
KanouSo, us isn't necessary here?
It should strictly be 'our'.
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Thank you so much for the corrections! =)

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