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Loh Jane Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

Vocabulary

Hi English Teachers,
I have two questions, the first question is that I am Chinese; I study English and Chinese. Am I a linguist?
Furthermore, please let me know if my below sentence is acceptable, thanks in advance.
1)The thief has conceded that he stole things after he had been locked in the police station for two days.
  

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Your sentence makes is sound like he stole the things after his time in jail. It can be improved, with the modifying phrase in a different place: After being locked in the police station for two days, the thief conceded that he had stolen things. Linguist has come to mean a person who studies the science of languages and language acquisition.

— Philip

  • Your sentence makes is sound like he stole the things after his time in jail.
  • It can be improved, with the modifying phrase in a different place: After being locked in the police station for two days, the thief conceded that he had stolen things.
  • Linguist has come to mean a person who studies the science of languages and language acquisition.
  • Polyglot is the proper term for a person who speaks (to varying degrees) more than one language.
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Your sentence makes is sound like he stole the things after his time in jail. It can be improved, with the modifying phrase in a different place: After being locked in the police station for two days, the thief conceded that he had stolen things.
Linguist has come to mean a person who studies the science of languages and language acquisition. Polyglot is the proper term
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Hi Philip,
thanks a lot.
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