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New2grammar Posted 18 years ago
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01. The average employee spends 2 hours a day checking e-mail.02br
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002. A typical/The average household disposes one ton of garbage a year.02br
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003. The average household spending increase in the 80s was 10 percent a year compared to 3 percent in recent years.02br
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00In #2, are both choices correct?02br
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01cite10New2grammar12cite101. 11span10An12span10 average employee spends 2 hours a day checking e-mail.12br
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102. A typical/11span10An12span10 average household disposes one ton of garbage a year.12br
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01. The average employee spends 2 hours a day checking e-mail.02br
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002. A typical/The average household disposes one ton of garbage a year.02br
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003. The average household spending increase in the 80's was 10 percent a year compared to 3 percent in recent years.02br
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002. A typical/The average household 11b10disposes one ton12b10 of garbage a year.12blockquote
10Is "01i00disposes02i00" fine here? Shouldn't it have been "01i00disposes of02i00"?02br
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0 'Disposes of' is not correct. 0-
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0Is "01i00disposes02i00" fine here? Shouldn't it have been "01i00disposes of02i00"?02br
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00I must admit I thought that at first, but a quick google search came up with plenty of instances of dispose without 01i00of02i00.02br
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00I would always use to dispose of something.0-
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01cite10Neeraj Jain12cite10'Disposes of' is not correct.12blockquote
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11b10dispose of 11i10sb/sth12i12b10 10phrasal verb12br
10 to get rid of someone or something or
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01cite10optilang12cite10I must admit I thought that at first, but a quick google search came up with plenty of instances of dispose without 11i10of12i10. 12br
10I would always use to dispose of something.12br
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10I see, thanks. My teachers in the UK used to
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0I'll stick with "01i00to dispose of something02i00." 05002br
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00I'm with you on that one.030srchttp://www.EnglishForward.com/emoticons/emotion-1.gif
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0I would absolutely say "dispose 01i00of02i00."02br
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00 Also, you do NOT need the ' in 80s. In the 80s is fine. 02br
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00You can say either "The typical" or "A typical." The idea is that you have created a picture of an average/typical employee, and then you are describing this person.0-
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0 Thank you, everyone. So dispose without of is always wrong, am I right? 0-
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