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Cookiemonster Posted 18 years ago
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Too much modest
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Could you please check the text for me? Are there any grammar mistakes or wrong words?
Gaieff is the brother of Madame Ranevskaya. He does not have a certain profession and apparently he is scorning the success of Lophakin. The two do not like each other very much. Although he has an aristoctaric background and Lophakhin has a poor, serfdom background , now Lophakhin is far more successful than him. Gaieff is very talkative and sometimes this embarrasses him and strangely when he is embarrassed he is playing an imaginary biliard game to change the subject. He is sometimes snobbish but most of the time awkward. He shows that being a noble person does not mean being graceful.Surprisingly at the end of the play he accepts a position in(at?) a bank which is too much modest(?) for him. He separates himself (from the others?)by being a bit realist at the end of the play.
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Could you please check the text for me? Are there any grammar mistakes or wrong words?
Gaieff is the brother of Madame Ranevskaya. He does not have a certain profession and apparently he is scorning the success of Lophakin. The two do not like each other very much. Although he has an aristoctaric background and Lophakhin has a poor, serfdom background , now Lophakhin is far more successful than him. Gaieff is very talkative and sometimes this embarrasses him and strangely when he is embarrassed he is playing an imaginary biliard game to change the subject. He is sometimes snobbish but most of the time awkward. He shows that being a noble person does not mean being graceful.Surprisingly at the end of the play he accepts a position in(at?) a bank which is too much modest(?) for him. He separates himself (from the others?)by being a bit realist at the end of the play.
Thanks...
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Hi, In my view it would be more natural and common to omit the word "certain" in this situation. (He does not have a profession) aristocratic (spelling) "has a poor, serfdom background" is a little unusual. " I would say, "far more successful than he," but perhaps that's old fashioned.
- Hi, In my view it would be more natural and common to omit the word "certain" in this situation.
- (He does not have a profession) aristocratic (spelling) "has a poor, serfdom background" is a little unusual.
- " I would say, "far more successful than he," but perhaps that's old fashioned.
- comma after "strangely" he plays an imaginary billiard game He is sometimes snobbish but more often he is awkward.
- He shows that nobility does not make a person graceful.
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Hi,
In my view it would be more natural and common to omit the word "certain" in this situation. (He does not have a profession)
aristocratic (spelling)
"has a poor, serfdom background" is a little unusual. Perhaps, "has the poor background of a serf," or "comes from a poor, serfdom background."
I would say, "far more successful than he," but perhaps that's
In my view it would be more natural and common to omit the word "certain" in this situation. (He does not have a profession)
aristocratic (spelling)
"has a poor, serfdom background" is a little unusual. Perhaps, "has the poor background of a serf," or "comes from a poor, serfdom background."
I would say, "far more successful than he," but perhaps that's
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Thank you so much Avangi for correcting me!
Should it be " John is rich but Chris is richer than he/he is."
AvangiI would say, "far more successful than he," but perhaps that's old fashionedJohn is rich but Chris is richer than him. Is it wrong,too?
Should it be " John is rich but Chris is richer than he/he is."
Avangia position at a bank which is much too modest for
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