Question 7

[toto1115]

I am deeply sorry for having so many questions to ask, and I bet you guys must think some of them are pretty dumb ><>< thanks for all your help, evrybody!

And here are some more question

Let's day A ( a good friend of mine) has been taken into the hosiptal, and I am asking B if he has visited A already, Can i say.

" Have you been to see A ? "

I heard this on a drama, is it correct English or not??

And just to refer to the " HARDLY " question I asked some early days


Is it like HARDLY, MERELY, BARELY, none of them should be preceded by CAN'T, DON'T ( N'T ), right????????

And finally


" How come your hotdog is much better than mine! "

I presume that this sentence is grammatically correct, but i personally doubt the use of ' MUCH ' is the best option here. Would it sound better if I changed it to ' A LOT ' or any others???

And could anyone of you tell me some more example of this kind of usage of Enlish, please??

I mean " MUCH better " , " HEAPS better " , " A LOT better " ,etc.




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[Rusty]

I am deeply sorry for having so many questions to ask, and I bet you guys must think some of them are pretty dumb ><>< thanks for all your help, evrybody!

And here are some more question

Let's day A ( a good friend of mine) has been taken into the hosiptal, and I am asking B if he has visited A already, Can i say.

" Have you been to see A ? "

I heard this on a drama, is it correct English or not??

And just to refer to the " HARDLY " question I asked some early days

Is it like HARDLY, MERELY, BARELY, none of them should be preceded by CAN'T, DON'T ( N'T ), right????????

And finally

" How come your hotdog is much better than mine! "

I presume that this sentence is grammatically correct, but i personally doubt the use of ' MUCH ' is the best option here. Would it sound better if I changed it to ' A LOT ' or any others???

And could anyone of you tell me some more example of this kind of usage of Enlish, please??

I mean " MUCH better " , " HEAPS better " , " A LOT better " ,etc.

Thanks thanks thanks thanks thanks thanks


Let's say A ( a good friend of mine) has been taken into the hosiptal, and I am asking B if he has visited A already, Can i say.

" Have you been to see A ? " (Yes, that's fine).

I heard this on a drama, is it correct English or not??
(Yes. When been is used this way it is very much like gone.)

And just to refer to the " HARDLY " question I asked some early days

Is it like HARDLY, MERELY, BARELY, none of them should be preceded by CAN'T, DON'T ( N'T ), right???????? (Right).

And finally

" How come your hotdog is much better than mine! "

I presume that this sentence is grammatically correct, but i personally doubt the use of ' MUCH ' is the best option here. Would it sound better if I changed it to ' A LOT ' or any others???
(Both are OK).

And could anyone of you tell me some more example of this kind of usage of Enlish, please??

I mean " MUCH better " , " HEAPS better " , " A LOT better " ,etc.
(In a positive sentence you can use either much or a lot.
Example: He is much slower/faster/more accurate etc. than I am.
In a question there is a slight difference in meaning.
Example: Is he much faster than you are? (This implies a small difference in your speeds).
Is he a lot faster than you are? (This implies that there could be a big difference in your speeds).
Heaps better is very informal.

[Temico]

I am deeply sorry for having so many questions to ask, and I bet you guys must think some of them are pretty dumb ><>< thanks for all your help, evrybody!

And here are some more question

Let's day A ( a good friend of mine) has been taken into the hosiptal, and I am asking B if he has visited A already, Can i say.

" Have you been to see A ? "

I heard this on a drama, is it correct English or not??

And just to refer to the " HARDLY " question I asked some early days

Is it like HARDLY, MERELY, BARELY, none of them should be preceded by CAN'T, DON'T ( N'T ), right????????

And finally

" How come your hotdog is much better than mine! "

I presume that this sentence is grammatically correct, but i personally doubt the use of ' MUCH ' is the best option here. Would it sound better if I changed it to ' A LOT ' or any others???

And could anyone of you tell me some more example of this kind of usage of Enlish, please??

I mean " MUCH better " , " HEAPS better " , " A LOT better " ,etc.

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Is it like HARDLY, MERELY, BARELY, none of them should be preceded by CAN'T, DON'T ( N'T ), right????????
That doesn't hold true with "merely". e.g.
"You can't merely go and knock on somebody's door in the middle of the night without a viable reason/excuse."

[toto1115]

So Temico ??

You mean we use

can hardly

can barely

but not

can merely .... it should be can't merely

AM I RIGHT??

[Rusty]

So Temico ??

You mean we use

can hardly

can barely

but not

can merely .... it should be can't merely

AM I RIGHT?? Temico is right about merely. You can use merely with can or can't.
Hardly and barely are used only with can.