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tommy1996
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how can I rewrite these sentences 1) I I can’t understand what the English teacher says. →I wish __________________________________________________________________________ 2) The streets in our city are narrow and crowded, so we can’t move quickly. →We wish …………………………………………………………….. |
4 Dec 2017
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mari_18cf
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1. I wish I could understand what the English teacher says. 2. We wish the streets in our city were wide and spacious, so we could move quickly. |
4 Dec 2017
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tommy1996
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I wonder if we can use: 1.I wish I could understand what the English teacher said. 2. We wish the streets in our city were wide and spacious so that we could move quickly. please help me. thanks |
4 Dec 2017
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yanogator
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Hi, Tommy. No, "I wish I could understand what the English teacher said" would be the rewritten form of "I can�t understand what the English teacher said". Yes, you can use either "so" or "so that". Also, because "spacious" isn �t the opposite of "crowded", I might say, "We wish the streets in our city weren �t so narrow and crowded, so (that) we could move quickly." Bruce
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4 Dec 2017
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Minka
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How about I wish the streets in our city were wider and not so crowded. |
4 Dec 2017
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tommy1996
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Bruce ! I don �t see what you talked abouth the irst one. please tell me again.thanks |
4 Dec 2017
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yanogator
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I �m glad you asked, Tommy, because on re-reading it, I find that I made a mistake. I �ve changed it, so here is what I intended to say: Hi, Tommy. No, "I wish I could understand what the English teacher said" would be the rewritten form of "I can´t understand what the English teacher said". Yes, you can use either "so" or "so that". Also, because "spacious" isn ´t the opposite of "crowded", I might say, "We wish the streets in our city weren ´t so narrow and crowded, so (that) we could move quickly." Bruce |
5 Dec 2017
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kwsp
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When you say, "I can �t understand what the teacher says," what you are actually saying is, "I habitually can �t understand what the teacher says," therefore you need the present tense, "I wish I could (habitually) understand what the teacher says." If you say, "I wish I could understand what the teacher said," it sounds like you are talking about just one time in the past that you didn �t understand what the teacher said. |
5 Dec 2017
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