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namsteven
05-06-2005, 05:57 AM
1) Are you at church/at work now?

- Is this sentence right?

2) Does anyone know who this car belongs to?

- Is this sentence right?

3) He talks about them behind their backs.

- Does this sentence mean: he talks bad things about them behind their backs.

4) Head off to work. ( What does this sentence mean? )

Pete
05-06-2005, 07:21 PM
1) Are you at church/at work now?

- Is this sentence right?

2) Does anyone know who this car belongs to?

- Is this sentence right?

3) He talks about them behind their backs.

- Does this sentence mean: he talks bad things about them behind their backs.

4) Head off to work. ( What does this sentence mean? )
1) Are you at church/at work now?

- Is this sentence right? [It sounds fine.]

2) Does anyone know who this car belongs to?

- Is this sentence right? [Yes. In extremely formal writing, some people would prefer, "Does anyone know to whom this car belongs." Others would think that sounded too formal and not natural.]

3) He talks about them behind their backs.

- Does this sentence mean: he <strike>talks</strike> says bad things about them behind their backs? [Probably the things he says are bad/uncomplimentary, but this doesn't say so. He possibly says good things but there is some reason he doesn't want them to know he says them.]

4) Head off to work. ( What does this sentence mean? ) [It means leave and go to the place where your job is.]