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Some more questions pertaining to a textbook
1."...Three Men in a Boat, which has neen translated into several languages..."
I think the work (by Jerome K. Jerome) has been translated into many languages. I would like people to support or question my notion. Most of the people in India who know English think that several has the same meaning as many .
2. Suppose one finds such an item in a glossary.distemper- a disease
How will you take it? an illness named distemper or just illness?
3. "Sometimes they behave in funny ways- suspecting anything andeverything, fearing that they are going to die soon." (context- formal)(from an English textbook)
Doesn't this sentence sound awkward? One participal construction following another without clear logical order. Then the use of hyphen. Please comment.
4. "On knowing that he does not possess only one disease, namely thehouemaid's knee..."
The writer wants to convey the meaning that the said person has every disease excepting the said disease. Does this sentence mean that? Does one possess a disease? Can this idea be expressed in a negative sentence?
..."the author is disappointed first; but later decides to satisfy with whatever he has."
5. "Two news items appeard in two newspapers of opposite politicalconviction tell us..."
This is wrong. Plural form of conviction should have been used. Am I correct?
Can this intransitive use of satisfy be justified?
6. "What religion does the majority of Irish Republic belongto?"(from a textbook)
The reference is of course is not to the dead there. In a formal piece of writing can this ellipsis be justified? Catholicism and Protestantism are not different religions. In this instance what is the proper word? Faith? Sect? Church?
7. "There are two persons living in the sergeant; the dutiful officerof the present and the patriot of the past. The patriot overpowers the officer."(context- formal)
The said person is drawn in opposite directions. Does the quoted sentence express this idea elegantly, or is it an awkward way of saying it?
I think the work (by Jerome K. Jerome) has been translated into many languages. I would like people to support or question my notion. Most of the people in India who know English think that several has the same meaning as many .
2. Suppose one finds such an item in a glossary.distemper- a disease
How will you take it? an illness named distemper or just illness?
3. "Sometimes they behave in funny ways- suspecting anything andeverything, fearing that they are going to die soon." (context- formal)(from an English textbook)
Doesn't this sentence sound awkward? One participal construction following another without clear logical order. Then the use of hyphen. Please comment.
4. "On knowing that he does not possess only one disease, namely thehouemaid's knee..."
The writer wants to convey the meaning that the said person has every disease excepting the said disease. Does this sentence mean that? Does one possess a disease? Can this idea be expressed in a negative sentence?
..."the author is disappointed first; but later decides to satisfy with whatever he has."
5. "Two news items appeard in two newspapers of opposite politicalconviction tell us..."
This is wrong. Plural form of conviction should have been used. Am I correct?
Can this intransitive use of satisfy be justified?
6. "What religion does the majority of Irish Republic belongto?"(from a textbook)
The reference is of course is not to the dead there. In a formal piece of writing can this ellipsis be justified? Catholicism and Protestantism are not different religions. In this instance what is the proper word? Faith? Sect? Church?
7. "There are two persons living in the sergeant; the dutiful officerof the present and the patriot of the past. The patriot overpowers the officer."(context- formal)
The said person is drawn in opposite directions. Does the quoted sentence express this idea elegantly, or is it an awkward way of saying it?
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" I think the work (by Jerome ... [/nq] "many" is correct. [nq:1]2.
- " I think the work (by Jerome ...
- [/nq] "many" is correct.
- [nq:1]2.
- Suppose one finds such an item in a glossary.
- distemper- a disease How will you take it?
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[nq:1]1."...Three Men in a Boat, which has neen translated into several languages..." I think the work (by Jerome ... the people in India who know English think that several has the same meaning as many .[/nq]
"many" is correct.
[nq:1]2. Suppose one finds such an item in a glossary. distemper- a disease How will you take it? an illness named distemper or just illness?[/nq]
The former.
"many" is correct.
[nq:1]2. Suppose one finds such an item in a glossary. distemper- a disease How will you take it? an illness named distemper or just illness?[/nq]
The former.
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[nq:2]conviction tell us..." This is wrong. Plural form of conviction should have been used. Am I correct?[/nq]
[nq:1]No. "appeared" is wrong though. It should be "appearing" or "that/which appeared". Adrian[/nq]
I failed to point out the ambiguous nature of the sentence. What the writer wanted to say was two newspapers of contrary political convictions. In that Case one should say convict
[nq:1]No. "appeared" is wrong though. It should be "appearing" or "that/which appeared". Adrian[/nq]
I failed to point out the ambiguous nature of the sentence. What the writer wanted to say was two newspapers of contrary political convictions. In that Case one should say convict
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[nq:2]No. "appeared" is wrong though. It should be "appearing" or "that/which appeared". Adrian[/nq]
[nq:1]I failed to point out the ambiguous nature of the sentence. What thewriter wanted to say was two newspapers of contrary political convictions. Inthat Case one should say convictions . shouldn't we?[/nq]
No. Where's the ambiguity?
Adrian
[nq:1]I failed to point out the ambiguous nature of the sentence. What thewriter wanted to say was two newspapers of contrary political convictions. Inthat Case one should say convictions . shouldn't we?[/nq]
No. Where's the ambiguity?
Adrian
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belonging to the same opposittion camp. But contrary with its meaning of mutually oppsite can avoid this confusion. Am I correct?
belonging to the same opposittion camp. But contrary with its meaning of mutually oppsite can avoid this confusion. Am I correct?
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