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Kenta Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Will you check my English? (Aug. 16)
Hello. I wrote two dialogues. Will you correct them?
No. 1
M: Did you see that play by Ichiro?
F: Yes, it was amazing! He threw the ball all the way to the catcher
without bouncing it. It is called a laser beam.
M: It sure is. He's absolutely a genius.
No. 2
M: Pardon me. I'm here to read a gas meter.
F: Yes. The meter's just inside the gate. I'll put [ let ] my dog in the
house, so please wait ( for ) a moment.
M: I'd appreciate that. Dogs aren't my thing. (Q. "my things"?)
Thank you. kenta
No. 1
M: Did you see that play by Ichiro?
F: Yes, it was amazing! He threw the ball all the way to the catcher
without bouncing it. It is called a laser beam.
M: It sure is. He's absolutely a genius.
No. 2
M: Pardon me. I'm here to read a gas meter.
F: Yes. The meter's just inside the gate. I'll put [ let ] my dog in the
house, so please wait ( for ) a moment.
M: I'd appreciate that. Dogs aren't my thing. (Q. "my things"?)
Thank you. kenta
Top answer
Excellent work! ) Sincerely, James
- Excellent work!
- ) Sincerely, James
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3 Answers
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Excellent work! Just two minor observations: (l) "It's" would be more idiomatic than "It is" in conversation and (2) Instead of "Yes," native speakers might say "Fine" or "OK." ("Dogs aren't my thing" is perfect, but I cannot do a good job in explaining why; hopefully, another poster will do so.) Sincerely, James
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One other thing: do you mean to say 'He is absolutely a genius' or 'He is an absolute genius'? The former means that the fact that he is a genius is undisputable, while the latter means that he is a genius without limits, a complete, perfect genius -- I'm not very good at explaining this, sorry.
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Thank you, both. Your comments are very helpful. I studied a lot from you.
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