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Anonymous
07-06-2004, 04:53 AM
Hi,
Please check these sentences and correct them.
1. It's so good to be home.
2. They looked happy to [watch/see, have watched/seen] the performance. [Which tense is correct?]
3. [To see, Seeing] you, it's easy to [find out, know, see] where your daughter Susan got good looks from.
4. Are we there yet? / Not yet. / [.......] / Are we there yet? / We'll be there soon. [.....] [There we are. or We are there!]
5. Who will pay me [to do, in doing] this?
6. Your father has already paid me to repair the roof.
Thanks in advance.

Pete
07-06-2004, 06:55 AM
1. It's so good to be home. [Ok.]
2. They looked happy to [watch/see, have watched/seen] the performance. [Which tense is correct?]
3. [To see, Seeing] you, it's easy to [<strike>find out</strike>, know, see] where your daughter Susan got [b]her good looks <strike>from</strike>. ["Seeing" is probably the most common and natural; you would probably be referring to a specific instance of seeing the person, maybe as you are speaking. "To see" isn't wrong, but it has an "abstract" sound to it, as if you are making a general statement.]
4. Are we there yet? / Not yet. / [.......] / Are we there yet? / We'll be there soon. [.....] [<strike>There we are.</strike> or We are there!] [Ok.]
5. Who will pay me [to do, <strike>in</strike> for doing] this? [Ok with the noted change.]
6. Your father has already paid me to repair the roof. [Ok.]