Forum: Grammar
November 10, 2015, 10:29 PM
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November 10, 2015, 10:27 PM
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November 10, 2015, 09:43 PM
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Forum: Grammar
November 10, 2015, 09:42 PM
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Forum: Grammar
November 10, 2015, 09:41 PM
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Forum: Grammar
November 10, 2015, 09:40 PM
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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...
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Forum: Grammar
November 10, 2015, 06:02 AM
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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...
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Forum: Grammar
November 10, 2015, 05:59 AM
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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...
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Forum: Grammar
November 10, 2015, 05:56 AM
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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...
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Forum: Grammar
November 10, 2015, 05:54 AM
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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)
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Forum: Grammar
November 10, 2015, 05:53 AM
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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.
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Forum: Grammar
November 09, 2015, 07:35 AM
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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...
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Forum: Grammar
November 09, 2015, 07:30 AM
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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...
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Forum: Grammar
November 08, 2015, 09:07 PM
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Forum: Grammar
November 08, 2015, 09:07 PM
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Forum: Grammar
November 08, 2015, 09:06 PM
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Forum: Grammar
November 08, 2015, 09:06 PM
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Forum: Grammar
November 08, 2015, 09:05 PM
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Forum: Grammar
November 08, 2015, 09:05 PM
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Forum: Grammar
November 08, 2015, 09:02 PM
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Forum: Grammar
November 08, 2015, 09:01 PM
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Forum: Grammar
November 08, 2015, 01:46 AM
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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?
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Forum: Grammar
November 07, 2015, 11:44 PM
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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
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Forum: Grammar
November 07, 2015, 08:49 AM
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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?
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Forum: Grammar
November 07, 2015, 04:17 AM
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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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