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Kenta Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Will you correct my English? ( Oct.20 )
Hello. I wrote two dialogues. Will you correct them?
No. 1
M: What kind of instructions are these? We need to be experts to
understand them!
F: You are a computer expert, aren't you?
M: Year, but I'm an expert about computer hardware, not software.
No. 2
M: Will, I'm taking up a collection for Sandra's 40th birthday.
F: OK. How about a tenner?
M: How generous! Most people are pitching in just a few bucks.
Thank you. kenta
No. 1
M: What kind of instructions are these? We need to be experts to
understand them!
F: You are a computer expert, aren't you?
M: Year, but I'm an expert about computer hardware, not software.
No. 2
M: Will, I'm taking up a collection for Sandra's 40th birthday.
F: OK. How about a tenner?
M: How generous! Most people are pitching in just a few bucks.
Thank you. kenta
Top answer
No. 1 M: What kind of instructions are these? We need to be experts to understand them!
- No.
- 1 M: What kind of instructions are these?
- We need to be experts to understand them!
- F: You're a computer expert, aren't you?
- M: Yeah , but I'm an expert in computer hardware, not software.
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No. 1
M: What kind of instructions are these? We need to be experts to understand them!
F: You're a computer expert, aren't you?
M: Yeah, but I'm an expert in computer hardware, not software.
No. 2
M: Will, I'm taking up a collection for Sandra's 40th birthday.
F: OK. How about ten dollars? ('A tenner' is rat
M: What kind of instructions are these? We need to be experts to understand them!
F: You're a computer expert, aren't you?
M: Yeah, but I'm an expert in computer hardware, not software.
No. 2
M: Will, I'm taking up a collection for Sandra's 40th birthday.
F: OK. How about ten dollars? ('A tenner' is rat
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Thank you, Mister Micawber.
I didn't know "a few bucks" implies ten dollars. I thought it means less than five dollars.
See you! kenta
I didn't know "a few bucks" implies ten dollars. I thought it means less than five dollars.
See you! kenta
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It's all relative, Kenta. Thirty years ago, 'a few bucks' was $5. Now it's about $25.
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Wow, 25 dollars?
No one in Japan imagine that. Our textbooks says " a few means two or three".
Thank you very much!
kenta
No one in Japan imagine that. Our textbooks says " a few means two or three".
Thank you very much!
kenta
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It depends on the topic, Kenta.
There are a few elephants in the zoo = 2 or 3
There are a few apples on my tree this year = 5 or 10
There are a few aphids on the apple tree = 300-400.
... and those are just my images. Every speaker has his own concept when he says 'a few'.
There are a few elephants in the zoo = 2 or 3
There are a few apples on my tree this year = 5 or 10
There are a few aphids on the apple tree = 300-400.
... and those are just my images. Every speaker has his own concept when he says 'a few'.
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