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rodrigoleao2005
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Could anyone help me? Are these sentences correct?
a)The store has customer parking.
b)I only got one and a half hour�’s sleep last night.
c)This box can serve as table. OR as a table?
d) The Smiths’� house is the one on the corner.
e) Literary translation pays less than technical one.
f)The novel is a masterpiece of Brazilian literature.
g) If you are called for a job interview, wear an appropriate outfit. OR wear some appropriate clothes?
h)Brazilian�’s passion for soccer. OR Brazilians passion ...
i)Brazilian chocolate is sweeter than the one you buy in Europe.
Thanks in advance. |
11 Jun 2014
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yanogator
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Hi, Rodrigo, a) yes b) hours � c) a table d) yes e) than technical translation or "A literary translation pays les than a technical one" f) yes g) both are correct, although "appropriate clothes" would be a little better than "some appropriate clothes". h) Brazilians � i) sweeter than what you buy in Europe. b and h are both plural possessive, so they need the apostrophe after the s, like d has Bruce |
11 Jun 2014
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rodrigoleao2005
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Thanks, Bruce.
In letter e I only have two options:
a) Literary translation pays less than technical one.
b) Literary translation pays less than technical.
Which one ? A?
And in letter g , I also have two options:
A)If you are called for a job interview, wear some appropriate clothes.
B) If you are called for a job interview, wear an appropriate outfit.
What do you think?
Thanks. |
11 Jun 2014
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yanogator
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b) less than technical g) B is a little better, so go with it. A is more informal. Bruce |
11 Jun 2014
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cunliffe
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g) wear an appropriate outfit.
�Some � appropriate clothes just doesn �t do.
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11 Jun 2014
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MoodyMoody
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Just to add to Bruce �s excellent answers, the reason that you can �t use "one" in e) and i) is that in these sentences, translation and chocolate are used as uncountable or non-count nouns. |
11 Jun 2014
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yanogator
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Thanks for adding that, MoodyMoody. I wanted to give the reason, but it didn �t come to me while I was writing. I saw that it was because they didn �t have "a" before them, but that wasn �t much of a reason. Of course, they don �t have "a" because they are non-count. Bruce |
12 Jun 2014
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