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Belly Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
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1)".... His work won worldwide recognition with a Nobel Prize and in 1933 he settled permanently in America, where his work continued uninterrupted for the next twenty years"
One thing to ask, why do we use "uninterrupted" here but not uninterruptedly?
2)
I take out a sentence from my exam last week:
Write down the right verb form
When she (arrive) there next week , I'll write to her
Two possible choices are: When she arrives next week... or When she has arrived next week?
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Your job may well involve some travelling (=it is fairly likely)
What does may well mean here? Why don't we just use may but may well?
4)
Tim cannot speak English better than John
a) John speaks English as well as John
b)John speaks english better than Tim
I wonder which sentence has the nearest meaning to the original one. My teacher advised us not to use the comparision "than" in negative sentence. So I pressume a is the best choice. What about you?My teacher chose b whlist I chose A, so I lost some scores for it, but don't know why
One thing to ask, why do we use "uninterrupted" here but not uninterruptedly?
2)
I take out a sentence from my exam last week:
Write down the right verb form
When she (arrive) there next week , I'll write to her
Two possible choices are: When she arrives next week... or When she has arrived next week?
3)
Your job may well involve some travelling (=it is fairly likely)
What does may well mean here? Why don't we just use may but may well?
4)
Tim cannot speak English better than John
a) John speaks English as well as John
b)John speaks english better than Tim
I wonder which sentence has the nearest meaning to the original one. My teacher advised us not to use the comparision "than" in negative sentence. So I pressume a is the best choice. What about you?My teacher chose b whlist I chose A, so I lost some scores for it, but don't know why
Top answer
Hi Belly 1. Uninterrupted is adjectival in character and meaning. It refers to the state of things.
- Hi Belly 1.
- Uninterrupted is adjectival in character and meaning.
- It refers to the state of things.
- No outsider interrupted him while he was doing his work.
- 2.
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Hi Belly
1. Uninterrupted is adjectival in character and meaning. It refers to the state of things. No outsider interrupted him while he was doing his work.
2. I would say: When she arrives there next week, I'll write to her. Arriving only takes a short time and therefore I would prefer the present tense. If the reference were to something that takes a lo
1. Uninterrupted is adjectival in character and meaning. It refers to the state of things. No outsider interrupted him while he was doing his work.
2. I would say: When she arrives there next week, I'll write to her. Arriving only takes a short time and therefore I would prefer the present tense. If the reference were to something that takes a lo
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Cool BreezeHi Belly
1. Uninterrupted is adjectival in character and meaning. It refers to the state of things. No outsider interrupted him while he was doing his work.
2. I would say: When she arrives there next week, I'll write to her. Arriving only takes a short time and therefore I would prefer the present tense. If the referen
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1 - I think you might possibly use uninterruptedly as an adverb modifying continued, but the more usual word is the adjective uninterrupted, thinking of continued as a linking verb with a meaning similar to was. His work continued to be uninterrupted.
2 - You may recall that the present perfect tense is not used with an expression that indicat
2 - You may recall that the present perfect tense is not used with an expression that indicat
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