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Guest Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
Urgent help needed
I would appreciate help with the two questions?
--I want to say that a student must have a certain attendence in order to be qualified for the final exams. Can I say,
Students must aquire a minimum of eighty percent of attendence before they are qualified for the final exams.
I am not comfortable with the sentence, I was wondering if you could give better examples.
-- I want to say that if a student has a very low attendence record and doesn't take warnings seriously or repeatly ignore warnings, he will be advised to drop out of the program. Can I say,
those who repeatedly ignore warnings will be advised to terminate the candidacy. Again I am not happy with it. I would appreciate any help.
--I want to say that a student must have a certain attendence in order to be qualified for the final exams. Can I say,
Students must aquire a minimum of eighty percent of attendence before they are qualified for the final exams.
I am not comfortable with the sentence, I was wondering if you could give better examples.
-- I want to say that if a student has a very low attendence record and doesn't take warnings seriously or repeatly ignore warnings, he will be advised to drop out of the program. Can I say,
those who repeatedly ignore warnings will be advised to terminate the candidacy. Again I am not happy with it. I would appreciate any help.
Top answer
Students must have at least an 80% attend a nce record to be qualified for the final exams. Students must have attended at least 80% of the class sessions to be qualified for the final exams. Those who repeatedly ignore warnings will be advised to terminate [the / their] candidacy.
- Students must have at least an 80% attend a nce record to be qualified for the final exams.
- Students must have attended at least 80% of the class sessions to be qualified for the final exams.
- Those who repeatedly ignore warnings will be advised to terminate [the / their] candidacy.
- ) CJ
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Students must have at least an 80% attendance record to be qualified for the final exams.
Students must have attended at least 80% of the class sessions to be qualified for the final exams.
Those who repeatedly ignore warnings will be advised to terminate [the / their] candidacy.
(Sounds OK to me.)
CJ
Students must have attended at least 80% of the class sessions to be qualified for the final exams.
Those who repeatedly ignore warnings will be advised to terminate [the / their] candidacy.
(Sounds OK to me.)
CJ
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Hello CJ
Yesterday I too thought how to say this concisely in English, though I didn't post.
As to the first sentence, mine is:"To take the final exam, students must attend at least 80 % of classes"
This morning I found you are using a construct "must have attended" instead of a simple "must attend".
I guess you said 'must have pp' construction considering the time
Yesterday I too thought how to say this concisely in English, though I didn't post.
As to the first sentence, mine is:"To take the final exam, students must attend at least 80 % of classes"
This morning I found you are using a construct "must have attended" instead of a simple "must attend".
I guess you said 'must have pp' construction considering the time
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Paco,
"must attend" is fine. For some unknown reason, my brain was placed temporally somewhere just before the final exams when I wrote "must have attended". That's what I would have said if the course were nearly complete and exams were about to begin.
Jim
"must attend" is fine. For some unknown reason, my brain was placed temporally somewhere just before the final exams when I wrote "must have attended". That's what I would have said if the course were nearly complete and exams were about to begin.
Jim
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Hello Jim
Thank you as usual. My brain now got as cloudless as the sky here in Tokyo!
Enjoy your weekend!
paco
Thank you as usual. My brain now got as cloudless as the sky here in Tokyo!
Enjoy your weekend!
paco
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