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Kooyeen Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
two too many beers
0 Hi, 02 br
00 I don't know how to refer in English to people or things that are too many and are supposed to be fewer. Examples: 02 br
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01 b 00 I drank 10 beers, but I should have drunk no more than 7. Then, I drank three beers too many. 02 b 00 (Is that ok? What do I have to say? "Three too many beers" or some other expression? It that way the idiomatic one?) 02 br
01 b 00 There are 10 files in this folder. There are supposed to be just 5, so there are five files too many. 02 b 00 (Same comments as above) 02 br
01 b 00 It's 80 degrees Fahrenheit, but it should be 60 degrees, so it's twenty degrees too much. 02 b 00 (Not "too many", right? Same comments as above) 02 br
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00 I've never known how to express those concepts. (<---and is this sentence ok, or is it better with "I never knew how..."?) 02 br
00 Thanks 05 0 010id 1
00 I don't know how to refer in English to people or things that are too many and are supposed to be fewer. Examples: 02 br
02 br
01 b 00 I drank 10 beers, but I should have drunk no more than 7. Then, I drank three beers too many. 02 b 00 (Is that ok? What do I have to say? "Three too many beers" or some other expression? It that way the idiomatic one?) 02 br
01 b 00 There are 10 files in this folder. There are supposed to be just 5, so there are five files too many. 02 b 00 (Same comments as above) 02 br
01 b 00 It's 80 degrees Fahrenheit, but it should be 60 degrees, so it's twenty degrees too much. 02 b 00 (Not "too many", right? Same comments as above) 02 br
02 br
00 I've never known how to express those concepts. (<---and is this sentence ok, or is it better with "I never knew how..."?) 02 br
00 Thanks 05 0 010id 1
Top answer
0 Hi, 02 br 02 br 01 font 01 b 00 I drank 10 beers, but I should have drunk no more than 7. Then, I drank three beers too many. 02 b 00 (Is that ok?
- 0 Hi, 02 br 02 br 01 font 01 b 00 I drank 10 beers, but I should have drunk no more than 7.
- Then, I drank three beers too many.
- 02 b 00 (Is that ok?
- 00 Yes.
- 00 What do I have to say?
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0 Hi, 02 br
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01 font 01 b 00 I drank 10 beers, but I should have drunk no more than 7. Then, I drank three beers too many. 02 b 00 (Is that ok? 00 Yes. 00 What do I have to say? "Three too many beers" 00 Also OK 00 or some other expression? It that way the idiomatic one 00 ? 01 font 01 i 00 th
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01 font 01 b 00 I drank 10 beers, but I should have drunk no more than 7. Then, I drank three beers too many. 02 b 00 (Is that ok? 00 Yes. 00 What do I have to say? "Three too many beers" 00 Also OK 00 or some other expression? It that way the idiomatic one 00 ? 01 font 01 i 00 th
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0 01 font 01 b 00 Then, 00 00 I drank three beers too many. 02 br
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01 b 00 Is it wrong to place a comma after "Then" in the above sentence? 02 b 02 br
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01 b 00 Is it wrong to place a comma after "Then" in the above sentence? 02 b 02 br
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01 cite 10 Yoong Liat 12 cite 11 font 11 b 10 Then, 10 10 I drank three beers too many. 12 br10 Hi Yoong, 02 br
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11 b 10 Is it wrong to place a comma after "Then" in the above sentence? 12 b 12 br
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0 I'd say no comma should be used. This sentence could also be combined with the previous one as an 'if-sentence': 02 br
01 b 00 If I drank 10 beers but should have drunk no more than 7, then I drank three beers too many. 02 b 0-
01 b 00 If I drank 10 beers but should have drunk no more than 7, then I drank three beers too many. 02 b 0-
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01 cite 10 Kooyeen 12 cite 11 blockquote11 cite 20 Yoong Liat 22 cite 21 font 21 b 20 Then, 20 20 I drank three beers too many. 22 br
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21 b 20 Is it wrong to place a comma after "Then" in the above sentence? 22 b 22 br
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