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Anonymous
12-02-2004, 03:23 AM
Are these all OK and natural?
1. The dog clinched/bit its teeth on the rabbit's head.
2. His parents are both from the small village of Roseville.
3. How about pizza for lunch? / OK! I'd love it.
4. You can wait for her if you like, but she will return in a whole hour.
5. Who are you talking to at all? You are on (the) line/phone for a whole hour. Don't you think it's time to hang up?
Thanks.
Rusty
12-03-2004, 08:13 AM
Are these all OK and natural?
1. The dog clinched/bit its teeth on the rabbit's head.
2. His parents are both from the small village of Roseville.
3. How about pizza for lunch? / OK! I'd love it.
4. You can wait for her if you like, but she will return in a whole hour.
5. Who are you talking to at all? You are on (the) line/phone for a whole hour. Don't you think it's time to hang up?
Thanks.
1. The dog clenched/<strike>bit</strike> its teeth on the rabbit's head.
(Clinch and clench are similar. Clench is used for teeth or jaw.
Or, ...bit the rabbit's head. Omit "its teeth").
2. His parents are both from the small village of Roseville. (OK).
3. How about pizza for lunch? / OK! I'd love it. (OK).
4. You can wait for her if you like, but she will return in an <strike>whole</strike> hour.
(It is usual to use "whole" when making a negative statement.
"..but she won't be back for a whole hour." Is seems unnatural to say, "...she will be back in a whole hour."
5. Who are you talking to at all? ("at all" sounds colloquial or regional. It is not necessary in standard English).
You have been on the line/phone for a whole hour. Don't you think it's time to hang up? (OK. Include "the").
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