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Alc24 Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

THAN VS RATHER THAN AND UNTIL + TO AS OPPOSED TO "BEFORE"

could someone go over my corrections , i'm not sure they are right

  • when i can no longer avoid getting expelled i'll change schools

  • it cost 10 dollars more in/on gas per day to drive a car than a moped/rather than a moped/it's 10 dollars more expensive in gas per day to drive a car than a moped I'm not sure about this one I'd say FIRST and THIRD

  • wait unil he gets back to call/bedfore calling wait until he gets back to call
  • it will cost me 10 dollars in gas to drive a moped per day rather than 20 if i were to drive a car OK but you can also use INSTEAD OF 20... OR AS OPPOSED TO 20...

  • i won't forget what you have done for me for the rest of my life, at least the reaminder of my life/remaining of my life

  • i'll buy you it if you take it out of my debt i owe you OK but I OWE YOU is implied
  • you're using that as an excuse to not move out of your house/not to move out of your house BOTH but NOT TO MOVE OUT is better
THANK YOU

ALC
  

Top answer

Hi, I hope that you are going to start punctuating and using capitals in future posts,as i suggested. earlier. The lack of this makes all these sentences wrong.

— Clive

  • Hi, I hope that you are going to start punctuating and using capitals in future posts,as i suggested.
  • earlier.
  • The lack of this makes all these sentences wrong.
  • It also makes them a little harder for me to understand quickly.
  • when i can no longer avoid get ting expelled i'll change schools OK it cost 10 dollars more in /on gas per day to drive a car than a moped/rather than a moped/it's 10 dollars more expensive in gas per day to drive a car than a moped I'm not sure about this one I'd say FIRST and THIRD Yes wait unil he gets back to call/before calling wait until he gets back to call Both it will cost me 10 dollars in gas to drive a moped per day rather than 20 if i were to drive a car OK but you can also use INSTEAD OF 20...
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Hi,

  • I hope that you are going to start punctuating and using capitals in future posts,as i suggested. earlier. The lack of this makes all these sentences wrong. It also makes them a little harder for me to understand quickly.

  • when i can no longer avoid getting expelled i'll change schools OK

  • it cost 10 dollars more in/on gas per day to
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for the sentence

it cost 10 dollars more in/on gas per day to drive a car than a moped/rather than a moped/it's 10 dollars more expensive in gas per day to drive a car than a moped

its MORE IN GAS and not MORE ON GAS right???

alc
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Hi,

for the sentence





it cost 10 dollars more in/on gas per day to drive a car than a moped/rather than a moped/it's 10 dollars more expensive in gas per day to drive a car than a moped



its MORE IN GAS and not MORE ON GAS right???



The bolded part is not a sentence.



Clive

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i know but would it be

it cost 10 dollars more in/on gas per day to drive a car than a moped



is it IN or ON that is right??
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Hi,

it cost 10 dollars more in gas per day to drive a car than a moped





it cost 10 dollars more on gas per day to drive a car than a moped




Please be courteous enough to offer sentences that are as correct as you can make them.



Thank you, Clive



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sorry Clive about the capitals , the person i look at it for doesn't and i for some reason I overlook it too ,

It cost 10 dollars more in gas per day to drive a car than a moped.





It cost 10 dollars more on gas per day to drive a car than a moped.





sorry about that again , ill try and get rid of the habit

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Hi,

sorry Clive about the capitals , the person i look at it for doesn't and i for some reason I overlook it too ,

It cost 10 dollars more in gas per day to drive a car than a moped. This is the standard way of saying it.

'Cost' makes the statement past tense. Did you mean to write 'costs'?





It cost 10 dollars more on g
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Hello Clive,

How are you?

I had one question regarding RATHER THAN.

I'm going to buy you a car rather than/instead of a motorcycle.
Rather than/Instead of buying you a motorcycle, I'm going to buy you a car

Which of these could be said please?

Thank you very much Clive
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Hi,

They could all be said.

Clive
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Thank you Clive,

I'm going to ask you one last thing as every keeps telling me something different, and I trust your judgment.

1 I would prefer that he do/did that rather than go/went out.

2 I would have preferred that he had done that rather than having gone out.

3 I would h
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