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Anonymous
08-15-2004, 09:14 PM
Hi,
Please check these sentences and correct them.
1. [Handing over a note] [This is,, These are] phone number and address of/for the hotel he's staying in.
2. You don't like her the teeniest/tiniest bit? / No, she's not my type, OK? / You are so particular.
3. No matter how I try, I can't get used to some things. This is one of those.
4. If it's a ransom (that) you seek, my parents won't pay a/any cent.
5. Have you heard that your sister won a lotto? / I've got it on the phone right now.
6. He's been in and out of jail since he was 16.
7. You can't get pregnant. Your Fallopian tubes are severely damaged. / Then, am I infertile?
8. [Police officer] You are/were so speeding. / [Driver] Sorry, but we have a patient (who is) gravely ill.
9. When do we have to be back? / We're booked on the 6:00 flight. / Let's stay over.
Thanks a million.
Ann

Rusty
08-17-2004, 04:02 AM
1. [Handing over a note] [This is the <strike>,, These are</strike>] phone number and address of/for the hotel he's staying in.
2. You don't like her the teeniest/tiniest bit? / No, she's not my type, OK? / You are so particular. (OK).
3. No matter how I try, I can't get used to some things. This is one of those.(OK).
4. If it's a ransom (that) you seek, my parents won't pay a <strike>/any</strike> cent.
5. Have you heard that your sister won a lotto? / I've got it on the phone right now. (I'm not sure what "it" is. If "it" means the news of the lotto winning, say "just now" which means a few seconds ago. If "it" means the person giving you the news (right now), say "her" or "him").
6. He's been in and out of jail since he was 16. (OK).
7. You can't get pregnant. Your Fallopian tubes are severely damaged. / Then, am I infertile? (OK).
8. [Police officer] You <strike>are/</strike> were so speeding. / [Driver] Sorry, but we have a patient (who is) gravely ill. ("...were so" is used (empathatically) after someone argues that something was not so/did not happen).
9. When do we have to be back? / We're booked on the 6:00 flight. / Let's stay over. (OK).