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Newguest Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Some questions
Hi guys
I'd like to ask you about the sentences below. Are they correct?
1. I feel that I would really need to set aside a big chunks of time if I was to go deeper into his world of training...
--- I think it should be "big chunks of time" without "a"?
2. I will send a link for more pictures in the next week.
--- "in the next week" is it correct? I would write "next week"
3. I think that as organizer, translator and driver I should be ...
--- Shouldn't it be "an organizer, a translator and a driver"?
Thank you
I'd like to ask you about the sentences below. Are they correct?
1. I feel that I would really need to set aside a big chunks of time if I was to go deeper into his world of training...
--- I think it should be "big chunks of time" without "a"?
2. I will send a link for more pictures in the next week.
--- "in the next week" is it correct? I would write "next week"
3. I think that as organizer, translator and driver I should be ...
--- Shouldn't it be "an organizer, a translator and a driver"?
Thank you
Top answer
Newguest 1. I feel that I would really need to set aside a big chunks of time if I was to go deeper into his world of training... --- I think it should be "big chunks of time" without "a"?
- Newguest 1.
- I feel that I would really need to set aside a big chunks of time if I was to go deeper into his world of training...
- --- I think it should be "big chunks of time" without "a"?
- Correct.
- You could also say "a big chunk of time" Newguest 2.
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Newguest1. I feel that I would really need to set aside a big chunks of time if I was to go deeper into his world of training...Correct. You could also say "a big chunk of time"
--- I think it should be "big chunks of time" without "a"?
Newguest2. I will send a link for more pictures in the next week.
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RayHNewguestCorrect. You could also say "a big chunk of time"
1. I feel that I would really need to set aside a big chunks of time if I was to go deeper into his world of training...
--- I think it should be "big chunks of time" without "a"?
One more thing: Shouldn't it be "If I were ..."
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NewguestOne more thing: Shouldn't it be "If I were ...""if I were" is technically correct but "if I was" is quite common, especially in spoken (as opposed to written) language.
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