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New2grammar Posted 18 years ago
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sick child

0Boss: Mary, where have you been for the last 3 hours?02br
00Mary: My son fell sick and I got to arrange for someone to take care of him.02br
00Boss: I see. How's he?02br
00Mary: He came down with a fever last night but after taking a fever medication, his fever came down to 100. This morning he looked better but when I came into the office, he called me and was pretty sick. I left you a note on your desk before I left to take him to the doctor.02br
00Boss: Do you want to take the day off?02br
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00Are there any mistakes?02br
00Thanks in advance.0-
  

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02br 00Boss: I see. How01del 00's02del 01font 00 is02font 00 he? 02br 00Mary: He came down with a fever last night but after taking 01del 00a fever02del 00 01font 00(not needed - he took medication)02font 00 medication, his fever 01font 00dropped (to avoid repeating 'came down') 02font 01del 00came down02del 00 to 100.

— Optilang

  • 02br 00Boss: I see.
  • How01del 00's02del 01font 00 is02font 00 he?
  • 02br 00Mary: He came down with a fever last night but after taking 01del 00a fever02del 00 01font 00(not needed - he took medication)02font 00 medication, his fever 01font 00dropped (to avoid repeating 'came down') 02font 01del 00came down02del 00 to 100.
  • This morning he looked better01font 00,02font 00 but when I 01font 00got to 02font 01del 00came into02del 00 the office, he called me and was pretty sick.
  • 02br 00 YES PLEASE!
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0Boss: Mary, where have you been for the last 3 hours?02br
00Mary: My son fell sick and I 01font00had 02font01del00got02del00 to arrange for someone to take care of him.02br
00Boss: I see. How01del00's02del01font00 is02font00 he? 02br
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0 HAHA. Thanks Optilang.02br
00I have a couple of questions02br
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001. I 01font00had 02font01del00got02del00 to arrange (Is it wrong or a matter of preference?)02br
002. How01del00's02del01font00 is02font00 he? (S
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1i001. I 01font00had 02font01del00got02del00 to arrange (Is it wrong or a matter of preference?)02i00 I had to do something. I would never say I got to do something referring to the past. Maybe it is acceptable in American English - I don't know. I've got to do something this afternoon - is ok.02br
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0 Thanks, Optilang. I wonder what other native speakers have to say. Hopefully, someone will give some comments. 0-
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0American: 02br
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001. 01i00I have to02i00 is the same as 01i00I've got to02i00, but 01i00I got to02i00 is nonstandards. (You will hear "I gotta go!" in very informal situations.)02br
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002. As above, you can contract "he's" (or the other personal pronoun+to be) when there's another
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0Thank you, American 050010id1
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