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Alc24 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Could you please help me correct these sentences?

Could you please help me correct these sentences grammatically?

1 You don't know to what lengths I'd go to help you.
2 Even if I win this match, I have still had a bad night./Even if I won this, I'd still have (had) a bad night as I lost all the other matches.
3 If I have to work 5 days a week just to make a little more, I'd rather not.
4 That's as nice a card as I could have hoped for. (card game)
5 I have 10 dollars profit./a profit of 10 dollars.
6 When I fall asleep on my back it means I'm really tired.
7 They did a cover of the song accapella just like the artist had sung it.
8 I shot more nice pictures than I thought. (photography)
9 I'm not going to wish happy birthday to someone I haven't spoken to in years especially to someone with whom I parted ways on bad terms.
10 The pain is too strong/much to bear.
11 Even though/if she won't admit he, she likes him.
12 If I were to break something, I'd rather break that than this.
13 By 5pm I'll have nothing left to do but that./have nothnig but that to do.
14 What are the phone charges to our room? (at a hotel and client asks receptionist how much he's called from the room)
15 I hate when the light flickers before turning on totally. (some lights flicker before turning on, you know what I mean?)

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1 You don't know to what lengths I'd go to help you. "] 2 Even if I win this match, I will still have had a bad night. /Even if I won this, I'd still have (had) a bad night as I lost all the other matches.

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1 You don't know to what lengths I'd go to help you. [ok - but I'd say "You don't know the lengths I'd go to help you."]
2 Even if I win this match, I will still have had a bad night./Even if I won this, I'd still have (had) a bad night as I lost all the other matches.
3 If I have to work 5 da
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What else do you need? You have a reply already.
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Hello Graeme,

One question

Is there really nothing wrong with 9 I'm shocked its correct youppi
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Well, I might refine this a little.
I'm not going to wish happy birthday to someone I haven't spoken to in years, especially not someone with whom I parted ways with on bad terms.
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Hello Doctor D,

May I ask how you would say this please?

I hate when the light flickers before turning on totally. (some lights flicker before turning on, you know what I mean?)
I hate when the light flickers when you turn it on totally.

Thank you so much
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My suggested wording:
I hate it when the light flickers before it comes completely on.
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Doctor D hi,

I rereas your example, isn't there one too many WITH

I'm not going to wish happy birthday to someone I haven't spoken to in years, especially not someone with whom I parted ways with on bad terms.

Could you please help me with these 3 sentences please?


1 That's how much I hate working without having prior knowledge of it.
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It would also make sense without the first "with" but there is nothing wrong with using a preposition more than once if the sense demands it. "Out of sheer frustration, he hit the ball out of the park."

1 That's how much I hate working without having prior knowledge of it. If you had let me know that I was working tomorrow ahead of time, I wouldn't have minded. But
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