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Ask for help > Which is correct?
Which is correct?
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Kriszta2009
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Which is correct?
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Dear colleagues,
My students wrote these sentences:
I decided to attend the lessons more and I am going to learn more and better.
I decided to attend the lessons more and learn more and better.
Which is correct?
Cold you help me?
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22 Mar 2009
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eng789
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It depends what grade/level you are teaching. |
22 Mar 2009
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goodnesses
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Hi,
Why not...
I decided to attend more lessons to learn more and better.
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22 Mar 2009
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Dianasuzuki
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Hi Kriszta,
The sentences are incorrect. The correct is "I decided to attend more lessons"
1) The adjective is placed before the noun. Example: I study hard lessons.
The second part of the sentences, ok. You can say: learn more and better.
2) The adjective is placed after a verb to define it. Example: study more, work less, etc.
Hope that hepls you!
All the best,
Diana
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22 Mar 2009
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Dianasuzuki
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Ops, I have to correct my spelling: Hope that HELPS is misspelled! |
22 Mar 2009
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eng789
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I would say,
I have decided to attend more classes and study harder.
Present perfect - that is why I asked what level you are teaching. |
22 Mar 2009
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miss noor
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I am with Diana
She is right |
22 Mar 2009
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Kriszta2009
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Thanks for your answers, but I would like to know whether I can use "be going to" in the second part of the sentence after infinitive or not. |
22 Mar 2009
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HARIM
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Yes you can.It �s correct.you decided something in the past and you plan to do something in the future.
I disagree with the people who said that your first sentence is incorrect.Both sentences are correct if your students meant what they said.
Cheers |
22 Mar 2009
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goodnesses
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Dear, harim
I am afraid I cannot agree with on that the sentences are correct as they are.
1-We cannot use "more" after the noun phrase except if it is followed by an adverb such as "often" , "frequently"...
2-We have here an action for a certain pupose thus the reference to the future is inferred by the purpose linking word; "to" or "in order to" or "so as to".
3-I don �t think it is a matter of "we mean or don �t mean it". It is a matter of grammar correctness. What would grammarians do if the language is correct as long as we mean it.
Just an opinion!
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22 Mar 2009
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