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MaXmOuSe Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

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01 The public Rooms of the city of British can give you a chance 02br
002 to imagine the fashion social life of the late 18th century 02br
003 when English novelist Jane Austen was a visitor 02br
004 The annual Arts Fair, hold in late May, 02br
005 features top drama,comedy,opera and ballet, 02br
006 with a number of pieces 02br
007 written particularly for the Royal Theatre staging. 02br
008 If one have time to spend at leisure,pubs,brasseries, 02br
009 smart and casual discos with the best in living music complete the picture 02br
0010 If you visit Bath for longer than day or two 02br
0011 you should take a trip to Bristol,also 02br
0012 This once busy a seaport,from where John Cabot 02br
0013 set out for the North America in 1947, 02br
0014 stays an important city with 02br
0015 plenty of historic interest and a lively arts scene. 02br
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0 My supposition : 02br 02br 001 - the chance 02br 002 - fashionable 02br 003 - correct 02br 004 - correct 02br 005 - the top drama 02br 006 - numbers 02br 007 - correct 02br 008 - have a time 02br 009 - completed 02br 0010 - a day 02br 0011 - too 02br 0012 - ones 02br 0013 - correct 02br 0014 - correct 02br 0015 - historical 0-

— MaXmOuSe

  • 0 My supposition : 02br 02br 001 - the chance 02br 002 - fashionable 02br 003 - correct 02br 004 - correct 02br 005 - the top drama 02br 006 - numbers 02br 007 - correct 02br 008 - have a time 02br 009 - completed 02br 0010 - a day 02br 0011 - too 02br 0012 - ones 02br 0013 - correct 02br 0014 - correct 02br 0015 - historical 0-
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0 My supposition : 02br
02br
001 - the chance 02br
002 - fashionable 02br
003 - correct 02br
004 - correct 02br
005 - the top drama 02br
006 - numbers 02br
007 - correct 02br
008 - have a time 02br
009 - completed 02br
0010 - a day 02br
0011 - too 02br
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01 - the chance NO 02br
002 - fashionable YES 02br
003 - correct YES 02br
004 - correct NO 02br
005 - the top drama NO 02br
006 - numbers NO 02br
007 - correct NO 02br
008 - have a time NO (right place in the line though) 02br
009 - completed NO 02br
0010 - a day YES 02br
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0 hmm.... 02br
001- in city of Bath 02br
004 - holds 02br
005 correct 02br
006 - the number 02br
007 - theatral 02br
008 - had time but i don't know why ? 02br
009 I have to give up here ! 02br
0012 - I can not comprehend the sense of the sentence. I know every separate word but can see the point at
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01-- NO. What?!! You changed 'British' to 'Bath'! What is the precise original line, please? 02br
004-- NO. 18th century, Max! 02br
005-- Yes. 02br
006-- NO, '01b00a02b00 number'. 02br
007-- That's not a word. 'Stage'. 02br
008-- NO. 'One' is third person singular. 02br
009-- 01b00live
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0 the original sentence is 02br
001.The Public Rooms of city of Bath can give you a chance - and I really don't know where the mistake is ! Maybe can - could 02br
004.held 02br
006.piece - Maybe I confused myself with a great number because I think that a number means many but after deep thinking I understand that it maybe wrong !05002br
007.Ho
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01-- 01b00the02b00 city of Bath. 02br
004-- Right, but I was wrong about the past-- it happens every year, and it's passive! 02br
006-- NO. This line is correct as originally written 02br
007-- yes 02br
008-- yes 02br
009-- live music is performed by live musicians; it is not recorded music 02br
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0 Thank you very much for your help but as always there is something unclear to my mind and this is in line 4 - we must use "is held" - ok ?! But if it doesn't happen every year - what then ?I think we must use use again passive but not present passive. What do you think? 0-
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0 Dea Maxmouse, 02br
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00«which is held in late May» 02br
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00Best wishes, 02br
00Goldmund 0-
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0If it occurs repeatedly, the present passive would still be appropriate, Max. 'The contest is held irregularly'. 0-
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