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Kenta Posted 16 years ago
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Would you correct my English? ( Aug. 30 )
Hello. I wrote two dialogues. Will you correct them?
No. 1
M: The battery in this portable computer must be dead. Do we have
any?
F: Let me check it. Maybe I can find it.
M: Let's hope so. I have to get [ have ] this report done immediately.
No. 2
M: Do all eight people in your department join the bowling tournament?
F: Yumi and Taishi can't join so we have [ are ] six. How about the
other departments?
M: Well, thirty two in all.
Thank you. kenta
No. 1
M: The battery in this portable computer must be dead. Do we have
any?
F: Let me check it. Maybe I can find it.
M: Let's hope so. I have to get [ have ] this report done immediately.
No. 2
M: Do all eight people in your department join the bowling tournament?
F: Yumi and Taishi can't join so we have [ are ] six. How about the
other departments?
M: Well, thirty two in all.
Thank you. kenta
Top answer
No. 1 M: The battery in this portable computer must be dead. Do we have another one / a spare ( one )?
- No.
- 1 M: The battery in this portable computer must be dead.
- Do we have another one / a spare ( one )?
- ] F: Let me check it.
- Maybe I can find one .
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No. 1
M: The battery in thisportable computer must be dead. Do we have another one / a spare (one)? [It is not wrong to say "portable computer", but realistically one probably wouldn't bother with the word "portable" in a situation where it's obvious to both parties what you are talking about.]
F: Let me check it. Maybe I can find one. [If
M: The battery in this
F: Let me check it. Maybe I can find one. [If
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Just a further note on "Maybe I can find one" versus "Maybe I can find it" which I didn't pick up first time round.
"Maybe I can find one" suggests that the speaker is unsure if they have any spare batteries (or how many they might have), which seems to fit with the question "do we have...?" and the response "let me check..."
However, the original "Maybe I can find it" is possib
"Maybe I can find one" suggests that the speaker is unsure if they have any spare batteries (or how many they might have), which seems to fit with the question "do we have...?" and the response "let me check..."
However, the original "Maybe I can find it" is possib
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