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Pructus Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
Turn down the radio
Hello....
In the blank of question 1 and 2, which is better?
1. It’s late and I want to go to bed. I would like you to ________. The music is too loud, I won’t be able to sleep.
2.
– Do you know where that noise is coming from?
– Yes, I do. It’s the radio of our next door neighbour, a student. She likes her music loud.
– Fine, but I can’t stand it. I’ll go and ask her to ___________.
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(A) turn the radio down
(B) turn down the radio
(C) both is possible and there is no difference.
In the blank of question 1 and 2, which is better?
1. It’s late and I want to go to bed. I would like you to ________. The music is too loud, I won’t be able to sleep.
2.
– Do you know where that noise is coming from?
– Yes, I do. It’s the radio of our next door neighbour, a student. She likes her music loud.
– Fine, but I can’t stand it. I’ll go and ask her to ___________.
********************
(A) turn the radio down
(B) turn down the radio
(C) both is possible and there is no difference.
Top answer
I would use B.
- I would use B.
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And question # 3.
For the question, “What happened to your dress?”...
The proper answer will be, I guess, (A) “I gave it away”
How about (B) “I gave away the dress.”
Does (B) sound acceptable?
Question # 4.
- What did she give away?
- She ______.
For the blank...
(A) gave the dress away.
(B) gave away the d
For the question, “What happened to your dress?”...
The proper answer will be, I guess, (A) “I gave it away”
How about (B) “I gave away the dress.”
Does (B) sound acceptable?
Question # 4.
- What did she give away?
- She ______.
For the blank...
(A) gave the dress away.
(B) gave away the d
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Thanks a lot, tammguatlay....
Do you mean for both quesiton # 1 and # 2?
If so, there is no difference for 1 and 2?
Do you mean for both quesiton # 1 and # 2?
If so, there is no difference for 1 and 2?
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pructusThanks a lot, tammguatlay....Do you mean for both quesiton # 1 and # 2?If so, there is no difference for 1 and 2?Yes, for questions 1 and 2.
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pructus(A) turn the radio down(B) turn down the radio(C) both are possible and there is no difference.In my view the correct answer is (C).
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GPY pructus(A) turn the radio down(B) turn down the radio(C) both are possible and there is no difference.In my view the correct answer is (C).On second thoughts, I agree with GPY that both are possible.
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What did she give away?
To me, the answer to the question should be "I gave away the dress".
I did not read the question when I replied to the post earlier.
However, "I gave the dress away" is correct grammatically.
To me, the answer to the question should be "I gave away the dress".
I did not read the question when I replied to the post earlier.
However, "I gave the dress away" is correct grammatically.
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pructusThanks a lot, GPY!!How about Question # 4?What did she give away?
She gave the dress away.
What did she give away?
She gave away the dress.
These both seem OK to me.
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