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Kenta Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

Will you correct my English?

0Hello. I wrote English sentences. Will you chech them?02br
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00M: Have you noticed anything strange about him recently?02br
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00F: What do you mean?02br
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00M: He seems to be terribly forgetful.02br
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00F: Really? That's because he's been too busy with his work.02br
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00No.202br
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00M: Have you read (through) the book I gave [lent] you on Wednesday?02br
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00F: I haven't had time. Can you give me another week?02br
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00M: Sure. Keep it as long as you like. And don't forget to write an 02br
00 essay about the book.0-
  

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0 I don't see any problems at all with these. 0-

  • 0 I don't see any problems at all with these.
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0 I don't see any problems at all with these. 0-
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0I agree. So I have nothing else to do but pick on your introduction. It would be more natural to say, "I wrote 01i01u00some / a few02u02i00 English sentences. Will you please chec01b01u00k02u02b00 them?"0-
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0Thank you very much! I will write "some English sentences" and "check" next time.0-
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0Hello,02br
00 I have no doubts that all those sentences are OK. I am just a learner and not going to undermine authority of the people who have answered this question. I only have a small question about this one: 01b00He seems to be terribly forgetful.02b00 So, I usually use the following patterns: 01b00to seem + to be + noun02b00 and 0
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01cite10LearnerOfEnglish12cite10Hello,12br
10 I have no doubts that all those sentences are OK. I am just a learner and not going to undermine authority of the people who have answered this question. I only have a small question about this one: 11b10He seems to be terribly forgetful.12b10 So, I usually use the
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0I am just a learner too, but in the dictionary I found these two sentences:02br
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00"He seemed very old"02br
00"He seems to be very happy"02br
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00 So I think that 01b00to seem + to be + adjective 02b00and 01b00to seem + adjective 02b00are both correct.0-
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00Hi LOE & F9000,02br
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00I was too tired last night to follow this, but have now had some sleep.02br
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00Obviously, "He seems to be terribly forgetful," and "He seems to be very happy," are identical in construction.02br
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00My impression was, LOE felt this was in conflict with both of his two "

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