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Zuotengdazuo Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

With oil run out of?Are they correct and natural sentences?


1.The ship loaded with cargo has been reported to have sunken with its oil run out of.
2.Were all emperors and officials born into rulership?
3.Once he has the buzz on, he could rattle on about current politics for hours.
4.The supposition he put forward that the suspect must have been set up did not hold water.
5.The notorious lawyer was bent on running for the mayor in all his smug glory.
6.The judge considered the case a small fry to be heard.

Are they correct and natural? If they are not, how can I correct them?

Thank you in advance.Emotion: smile
  

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The ship loaded with cargo has been reported to have su nk en with its oil leaking run ou t. of. Were all emperors and officials born into rulership?

— Teechr

  • The ship loaded with cargo has been reported to have su nk en with its oil leaking run ou t.
  • of.
  • Were all emperors and officials born into rulership?
  • Once he has a few drinks, the buzz on, he could can rattle on about current politics for hours.
  • The supposition he put forward that the suspect must have been set up did not hold water.
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1.The ship loaded with cargo has been reported to have sunk en with its oil leaking run out. of.
2.Were all emperors and officials born into rulership?
3.Once he has a few drinks, the buzz on, he could can rattle on about current politics for hours.
4.The supposition he put forward that the suspec
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teechr2.Were all emperors and officials born into rulership?
The use of "into rulership" is strange. Writing to rule would be simpler and better.
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Thank you, teechr. But I am just wondering in what context we can say "have the buzz on" and "small fry"?
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I've never used the first one. For the second, take a look at some of the example sentences in the link below.

https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/small_fry
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Thank you. For the first one the phrase should be "have a buzz on" after I look up the dictionary. So I think the phrase can be used in the third sentence, can't it?
For the second one, after studying the examples of "small fry", I still don't see why I can't refer to a "case" as "a small fry" since it means "an unimportant thing" and can be used as a countable noun?
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zuotengdazuoThank you. For the first one, the phrase should be "have a buzz on" after I look up is in the dictionary. So I think the phrase can be used in the third sentence, can't it?
It may be listed in a dictionary, but that doesn't make it natural, common or easily used.
zuotengdazuoFor the second
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Thank you. I intended to use "too...to" structure, but "too small a fry" doesn't sound correct to me.
Besides, how come "small fry" is plural in my sentence when it refers to "the case" , which is singular?

Moreover, I have made a new sentence, would you check it?
Compared with such a big company, he felt himself to be a small fry as an employee in lower echelon.
Is it ok?
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