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Forum: Grammar November 10, 2015, 11:29 PM
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Thanks. Is of correct because it is in a title,...

Thanks. Is of correct because it is in a title, not a complete sentence? Could we use of instead of for?:

-The deadline for applications is 30 April.
-The deadline for entries is noon...
Forum: Grammar November 10, 2015, 11:27 PM
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Views: 886
Posted By Xinfu
Excellent answer. Thank you.

Excellent answer. Thank you.
Forum: Grammar November 10, 2015, 10:43 PM
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Views: 1,346
Posted By Xinfu
Excellent answer. Thank you.

Excellent answer. Thank you.
Forum: Grammar November 10, 2015, 10:42 PM
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Views: 1,342
Posted By Xinfu
Thanks. Do you mean that if we are talking about...

Thanks. Do you mean that if we are talking about a consultation night in the past, we use the; if in the future, we do not use the?
Forum: Grammar November 10, 2015, 10:41 PM
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Views: 1,248
Posted By Xinfu
Excellent answer. Thank you.

Excellent answer. Thank you.
Forum: Grammar November 10, 2015, 10:40 PM
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Views: 1,388
Posted By Xinfu
Thanks. I had the doubt because those sentences...

Thanks. I had the doubt because those sentences sound OK and I have seen them written like that, using would/could with the present tense of hope. Formerly my non-native teacher said with the present...
Forum: Grammar November 10, 2015, 07:02 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,342
Posted By Xinfu
Night with the

-During ___ Consultation Night, you are welcome to ask them questions.

My opinion: if this event is held regularly, then we don't use the; if this is a once-off event, then we need the. Do you...
Forum: Grammar November 10, 2015, 06:59 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,346
Posted By Xinfu
Explanation

- Please reply to the question in a short paragraph with a few sentences of ___.

Could I just use explanation? (not explanations) Generally speaking we have to say an explantion/the...
Forum: Grammar November 10, 2015, 06:56 AM
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Views: 1,284
Posted By Xinfu
Panic

Could I use panics? (not panic)

-He thought pointing you to past papers can make you less nervous but they seem to be causing ___ !

What's the difference between the singular and the...
Forum: Grammar November 10, 2015, 06:54 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 856
Posted By Xinfu
Of/for

In the online system, a teacher says in the title of a post

-Deadline __ the final article

The article is something students have to hand in. Could we use of? (not for)
Forum: Grammar November 10, 2015, 06:53 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 886
Posted By Xinfu
That/as

Could I use that? (not as)

-He saw the idea of "fish" in the language as containing meaning only insofar __ it was different from a plant.
Forum: Grammar November 09, 2015, 08:35 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,388
Posted By Xinfu
Hoping would

Are my sentences correct?

-Ma hopes that real progress would continue to be made towards cross-strait peace and prosperity.

-Ma hopes that real progress could continue to be made towards...
Forum: Grammar November 09, 2015, 08:30 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,248
Posted By Xinfu
On the sky

p.148 knowing as if maps had been flashed for her on the sky how these tracks ran on into others, [...]

What does on the sky mean? Um...what does the entire sentence mean? This post-modern...
Forum: Grammar November 08, 2015, 10:07 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,404
Posted By Xinfu
But generally speaking, without the context,...

But generally speaking, without the context, could 'poet-lover' also mean

2. A lover who is also a poet
Forum: Grammar November 08, 2015, 10:07 PM
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Views: 1,404
Posted By Xinfu
Excellent answer. Thank you.

Excellent answer. Thank you.
Forum: Grammar November 08, 2015, 10:06 PM
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Views: 2,052
Posted By Xinfu
Excellent answer. Thank you.

Excellent answer. Thank you.
Forum: Grammar November 08, 2015, 10:06 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 895
Posted By Xinfu
Excellent answer. Thank you.

Excellent answer. Thank you.
Forum: Grammar November 08, 2015, 10:05 PM
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Views: 1,365
Posted By Xinfu
Excellent answer. Thank you.

Excellent answer. Thank you.
Forum: Grammar November 08, 2015, 10:05 PM
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Views: 834
Posted By Xinfu
Excellent answer. Thank you.

Excellent answer. Thank you.
Forum: Grammar November 08, 2015, 10:02 PM
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Views: 918
Posted By Xinfu
Excellent answer. Thank you.

Excellent answer. Thank you.
Forum: Grammar November 08, 2015, 10:01 PM
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Views: 1,157
Posted By Xinfu
Excellent answer. Thank you.

Excellent answer. Thank you.
Forum: Grammar November 08, 2015, 02:46 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 2,052
Posted By Xinfu
At corner

p.134 Roland settled at his table corner [...]

The corner of a table should still be a flat surface; in this case, is at interchangeable with on?
Forum: Grammar November 08, 2015, 12:44 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,404
Posted By Xinfu
Poet-lover

p.122 All this raises the question of the feelings of the ardent poet-lover, [...]

Does it mean

1. A person who loves poets

or

2. A lover who is also a poet
Forum: Grammar November 07, 2015, 09:49 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 895
Posted By Xinfu
Not much/many

p.106 The letters were not much.

Is much used because not much means not worth much; not many=not in a large number?
Forum: Grammar November 07, 2015, 05:17 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 918
Posted By Xinfu
Right to know

Are my sentences idiomatic English?

-In our society, many people are eager to practise their Right to Know, such as learning what a government official has done with the money that belongs to...
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