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Believer Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
Three questions riding the sled
1. I am not very comfortable seeing the second part underlined as it is used. Can you tell me if the writing as it is formed is correct? I got this sentence from a post.
I've browsed the internet, and this verb, seems to be specially used in things (that are ???) related to cars and things (that are ???) kind of technical.
2. Is this answer to a question correct with its preposition "at"?
What were you doing last night?
I was at ??? home eating dinner.
3. Don't you need an article in front of the words "right foot" and "left foot"?
continue with right foot, left foot ...
I've browsed the internet, and this verb, seems to be specially used in things (that are ???) related to cars and things (that are ???) kind of technical.
2. Is this answer to a question correct with its preposition "at"?
What were you doing last night?
I was at ??? home eating dinner.
3. Don't you need an article in front of the words "right foot" and "left foot"?
continue with right foot, left foot ...
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kind of and sort of are expressions from a very relaxed and informal register of English. They mean somewhat and are like adverbs of degree. " and are typically used before adjectives, although they also occur before verbs.
- kind of and sort of are expressions from a very relaxed and informal register of English.
- They mean somewhat and are like adverbs of degree.
- " and are typically used before adjectives, although they also occur before verbs.
- It's kind of weird that the neighbors left the sprinklers on all night.
- They have always been sort of strange.
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kind of and sort of are expressions from a very relaxed and informal register of English. They mean somewhat and are like adverbs of degree. They answer the question "to what degree?" or "how much?" and are typically used before adjectives, although they also occur before verbs.
It's kind of weird that the neighbors left the sprinklers on all night.
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It's kind of weird that the neighbors left the sprinklers on all night.
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at home is a perfectly good expression. The at can be omitted, however, if you wish.
I was at home. I was home.
We would stop in and see her if we were sure that she was at home.
... sure that she was home.
Note that with motion to (or communication to), you must leave out the to.
*They went to home late last
I was at home. I was home.
We would stop in and see her if we were sure that she was at home.
... sure that she was home.
Note that with motion to (or communication to), you must leave out the to.
*They went to home late last
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In ordinary writing and conversation, we normally use the personal adjectives with parts of the body. Grammatically these are determiners.
Continue with your right foot, then with your left foot.
However, in telegraphic style, used for telegrams (which barely exist anymore), newspaper headlines, and instructional materials, we leave out the articles.
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Continue with your right foot, then with your left foot.
However, in telegraphic style, used for telegrams (which barely exist anymore), newspaper headlines, and instructional materials, we leave out the articles.
So
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