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Alc24 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Which word would you use in the 3 sentences please?




  • Could you please tell me which words you would use? How would you say them?

    1 I'm going to fight/crusade/vie for you. I'll try to get you a raise.

    2 The tattoo highlights/outlines his oblique muscle.
    3 I've played in different casino, but I've never been treated anything like I am here./treated the way I am here.

    Thank you


  

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1 I'm going to fight / crusade/vie for you. I'll try to get you a raise. 2 The tattoo highlights/outlines his oblique muscle.

  • 1 I'm going to fight / crusade/vie for you.
  • I'll try to get you a raise.
  • 2 The tattoo highlights/outlines his oblique muscle.
  • I'm not sure what you are trying to say here.
  • - The tattoo follows the contours of ...
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1 I'm going to fight/crusade/vie for you. I'll try to get you a raise.
2 The tattoo highlights/outlines his oblique muscle. I'm not sure what you are trying to say here. - The tattoo follows the contours of ... / The tattoo accentuates (draws attention to) his...

3 I've played in different casinos, but I've never been treated anything
like th
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Thank you

I have one question:

I've played in different casinos, but I've never been treated anything
like the way they treated me here.

Can you just say : "....anything like here" or "I've never been treated the way I've been treated here anywhere else"

Like and THE WAY together is ok?

Thank you
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I think you're asking about this one:

1) I've played in different casinos, but I've never been treated anything like here.
No, it doesn't make sense, because "like" needs to have a noun (or noun phrase) to complete the comparison.

I've never been treated (anything) like this before.
They treated me like a slave.
They treated me like I
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Hello Alphecca,

I had one question please

could you say the following:

1 I've never been treated elsewhere the way I've been treated here.

THank you
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Yes, you can.
It's not as colloquial as:

I've never been treated anywhere else the way I've been treated here.

A-
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Hello Alphecca,

How are you?

I had a question please?

For number 2 ,

Can you say

His tattoo highlights the contour of his oblique muscle. (is that natural?)

or do you have to use "follow"

Can you say:

He has the contour of the state of california as a tattoo on his back. (is that natural?)

Thank you
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alc24Can you say

His tattoo highlights the contour of his oblique muscle. (is that natural?)

or do you have to use "follow"
It's OK. If you say that the tatoo follows the contour of the muscle, it only describes the tattoo's design as body art.
If you say that the tatoo accentuates (highlights) the contour of the muscle, it means that t

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