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WANG CHUN Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
Some grammar questions
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I hvae a several questions.
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I do not know if I should put " a" before heavier accent" ?
"hesitancy doing sth" or hesitancy at doing sth? which one is correct?
1. Student1 had heavy accent, showed much more hesitancy responding to the question, and expressed less confidence than student2.
2. Student1 had a heavier accent, showed much more hesitancy at responding to the given question, and expressed less confidence in speaking English than student2.
I hvae a several questions.
Thank you
I do not know if I should put " a" before heavier accent" ?
"hesitancy doing sth" or hesitancy at doing sth? which one is correct?
1. Student1 had heavy accent, showed much more hesitancy responding to the question, and expressed less confidence than student2.
2. Student1 had a heavier accent, showed much more hesitancy at responding to the given question, and expressed less confidence in speaking English than student2.
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Hi, #1. Since accent is a countable noun, we need 'a' for both heavy accent and heavier accent . #2.
- Hi, #1.
- Since accent is a countable noun, we need 'a' for both heavy accent and heavier accent .
- #2.
- I prefer 'hesitancy in responding' .
- Besides the above comments, both sentences have a run-on problem.
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Hi,
#1. Since accent is a countable noun, we need 'a' for both heavy accent and heavier accent.
#2. I prefer 'hesitancy in responding'.
Besides the above comments, both sentences have a run-on problem. There are more than one way to reword them; and here is my suggestion:
Student1 had a heavy accent. S/he showed much more hesitancy
#1. Since accent is a countable noun, we need 'a' for both heavy accent and heavier accent.
#2. I prefer 'hesitancy in responding'.
Besides the above comments, both sentences have a run-on problem. There are more than one way to reword them; and here is my suggestion:
Student1 had a heavy accent. S/he showed much more hesitancy
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Hoa ThaiHi,
#1. Since accent is a countable noun, we need 'a' for both heavy accent and heavier accent.
#2. I prefer 'hesitancy in responding'.
Besides the above comments, both sentences have a run-on problem. There are more than one way to reword them; and here is my suggestion:
Student1 had a heavy accent
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