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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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Hi! My sister just had an english exam. She has to pass in order to get her college degree (we are in Europe, here you must have certification of at least intermediate knowledge of a foreign language in order to become a college graduated person, no matter how good you are at the actual area you study). There are some sentences she thinks are correct but were marked as incorrect. She asked me to help her, but my English is not very good (as you can see).
"I watch a lot of accidents in the news." - watch marked as grammar error
"I need a little but good car with good quality." - with marked as grammar error, little and good marked as stylistic error
"I hope I can be a good driver." - can marked as grammar error
"Take care and write me soon." - write marked as grammar error
What do you think? Are these serious grammar errors or some of them can pass in the everyday use of English? Has she basis to file an appeal? She needs only a few points to pass. Thank you for your help!
"I watch a lot of accidents in the news." - watch marked as grammar error
"I need a little but good car with good quality." - with marked as grammar error, little and good marked as stylistic error
"I hope I can be a good driver." - can marked as grammar error
"Take care and write me soon." - write marked as grammar error
What do you think? Are these serious grammar errors or some of them can pass in the everyday use of English? Has she basis to file an appeal? She needs only a few points to pass. Thank you for your help!
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" - watch marked as grammar error "watch" is not a grammar error, but accidents, being unpredictable and undesirable, are a somewhat odd thing to "watch" on TV (I assume this is referring to TV). "watch ... in the news" is not natural to me.
- " - watch marked as grammar error "watch" is not a grammar error, but accidents, being unpredictable and undesirable, are a somewhat odd thing to "watch" on TV (I assume this is referring to TV).
- "watch ...
- in the news" is not natural to me.
- I would say "watch ...
- on the news".
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"I watch a lot of accidents in the news." - watch marked as grammar error
"watch" is not a grammar error, but accidents, being unpredictable and undesirable, are a somewhat odd thing to "watch" on TV (I assume this is referring to TV). "watch ... in the news" is not natural to me. I would say "watch ... on the news".
"watch" is not a grammar error, but accidents, being unpredictable and undesirable, are a somewhat odd thing to "watch" on TV (I assume this is referring to TV). "watch ... in the news" is not natural to me. I would say "watch ... on the news".
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