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Nina_Nia Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

My corrections

Hello,

Could you check my corrections, please? I didn't correct some of them and left them as they were given.
1.Will you be/are you going/ to be at home on Sunday? (Both correct)
2.Where are you going on Saturday evening//on Saturday in the evening?
3.He has lessons on Tuesdays and Thursdays only.
4.He comes here only on Sundays.
5.Will you go/Are you going to the the factory in the morning?
6.Are you going to be at/in the factory in the morning?
7Who is staying with your son at home? My sister is.(Or 'who is going to stay' "who will stay'?)
8.At what time/what time do you usually come home?
9.Do not discuss this question right now! We will discuss it on On Thursray morning. Thursday in the morning
10.I speak/know English only, but I am going to learn German.
11.How long does your workday last? Eight hours. It lasts eight hours.
12.What do you do at the office? I answer letters and telegrams, read magazines, translate the articles of/from these magazines and discuss many questions with our engineers.

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Will you go/Are you going to the the factory in the morning? Are you going to be at/in the factory in the morning? 7Who is staying with your son at home?

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So, are you going to answer these?—

5.Will you go/Are you going to the the factory in the morning?
6.Are you going to be at/in the factory in the morning?
7Who is staying with your son at home? My sister is.(Or 'who is going to stay' "who will stay'?)
8.At what time/what time do you usually come home?

These are answered wrongly:

11.How long does
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Hello,

No, I don't have to asnwer them, I just had to make sure they were translated correctly.

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OK, then: they are OK. But the bottom two (11, 12) are not. Will you try them again?
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I will try. Emotion: smile
11.How long does your workday last? Eight hours. It lasts eight hours. (I could add 'for' after 'lasts',
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11.How long does your workday last? Eight hours/ It lasts eight hours.-- The bold is the native answer.

12.What do you do at/in the office?(I have been told that American English speakers use in more often than at-- Well, it was not I who told you that. I don't agree. I am American and I find both common here.)
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When I used the instead of these in this sentence I thought the 'the' would sound more natural than 'these' (I answer letters and telegrams, read magazines, translate articles from these the magazines and discuss many questions with our engineers.)
When I had to translate from Russian I would notice t
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When I used the instead of these in this sentence I thought the 'the' would sound more natural than 'these'-- Not true.

When I had to translate from Russian I would notice that in comparison to Russian speakers (Well, there is no the in Russian) native English speakers use 'the' more often than possessive pronouns just like in the se
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Oh, no! What have I written! I meant demonstrative adjectives not possessive pronouns.Emotion: rolleyes

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