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Moon7296 Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary
Who did they hire for? / who hried for?
A: Who did they hire for the editorial position
B: someone from Beijing.
Q1) Does A's utterance make sense?
Q2) It looks a little complicate for me to understand. What does this sound Who hired the editorial position?
B: someone from Beijing.
Q1) Does A's utterance make sense?
Q2) It looks a little complicate for me to understand. What does this sound Who hired the editorial position?
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A: Who did they hire for the editorial positio n? B: S omeone from Beijing. -- Yes.
- A: Who did they hire for the editorial positio n?
- B: S omeone from Beijing.
- -- Yes.
- Notice that in spoken English like this we seldom use the object interrogative 'whom'.
- Q2) It looks a little complicated for me to understand.
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A: Who did they hire for the editorial position?
B: Someone from Beijing.
Q1) Does A's utterance make sense?-- Yes. Notice that in spoken English like this we seldom use the object interrogative 'whom'.
Q2) It looks a little complicated for me to understand. What does this sound Who hired the editorial position?-- No, the und
B: Someone from Beijing.
Q1) Does A's utterance make sense?-- Yes. Notice that in spoken English like this we seldom use the object interrogative 'whom'.
Q2) It looks a little complicated for me to understand. What does this sound Who hired the editorial position?-- No, the und
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Q1) In A 'they' refers to people who hired someone for the editorial position?
Q2) The underlined is no good' because it means different from A? (Then how can the underlined be corrected?)
Q2) The underlined is no good' because it means different from A? (Then how can the underlined be corrected?)
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Q1) In A 'they' refers to people who hired someone for the editorial position?-- Yes, some publishing house, presumably.
Q2) The underlined is no good' because it means different from A?-- Yes, and it is not very natural. (Then how can the underlined be corrected? -- Who was hired for the editorial position?)
Q2) The underlined is no good' because it means different from A?-- Yes, and it is not very natural. (Then how can the underlined be corrected? -- Who was hired for the editorial position?)
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