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Grammar and Linguistics > Help, please!!!
Help, please!!!
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caren_630
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Help, please!!!
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�Would u kindly please help me with the following questions: Rewrite the following using the words between brackets:� 1. Jack hasn �t�got any fiends.����� (doesn �t) �"Jack doesn �t get any friends." Is it correct? � 2. Tom is not as quiet as his brother.� (Tom �s brother) "Tom �s�brother is not as�loud�as�Tom." Is it correct? Can I describe a person as being loud? Does it mean noisy???� �
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4 Mar 2015
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Gi2gi
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First one should be: Jack does not have any friends. (Your version - "Jack doesn �t get any friends." -is incorrect) 2. Loud does not seem right. Normally, you cannot use loud for describing people. Noisy would be proper.
Hence, "Tom �s brother is not as noisy as Tom." or "Tom �s brother is not so noisy as Tom." Hope this helps. Giorgi
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4 Mar 2015
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almaz
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Of course you can use loud to describe a person, as in "many British people think Americans are loud and vulgar" (not, I hasten to add, a sentiment I could possibly agree with). |
4 Mar 2015
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Gi2gi
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almaz, I believe, given the context, it would be proper to use noisy instead of loud. |
4 Mar 2015
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cunliffe
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Almaz makes a good point (but which one? ;-))) I agree that in this context, �noisy � would be better. �Outgoing� may also be suitable. When we say kids are quiet, we quite often mean that they are reserved and not very forthcoming.
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4 Mar 2015
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rosalia*9
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Jack doesn �t have any friends. |
4 Mar 2015
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yanogator
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I think the best choice for #2 is "Tom �s brother is quieter than Tom."
Bruce |
4 Mar 2015
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