Guest Posted 23 years ago
Grammar
Please help: Jetlagged
1) I learned some new vocabulary and formed this sentence:
Despite explicitly mentioning to you in advance, to hold the package for me, it was returned to the sender.
2) Jetlagged in an adjective. Can it be used this way: Do you feel jetlagged?
Are you jetlagged?
Please help me correct all the above sentences. I'm just a beginner. Thanks in advance.
Despite explicitly mentioning to you in advance, to hold the package for me, it was returned to the sender.
2) Jetlagged in an adjective. Can it be used this way: Do you feel jetlagged?
Are you jetlagged?
Please help me correct all the above sentences. I'm just a beginner. Thanks in advance.
Top answer
Number 1 is okay for informal usage. ". Number 2 is fine.
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Number 1 is okay for informal usage. Formal would require that it be "Despite my explicitly mentioning to you ...".
Number 2 is fine.
Cheers
John.
Number 2 is fine.
Cheers
John.
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Ditch the first comma in #1. And you need the "my", no matter what. First because the sentence is already formal, and second because without the "my", you'd be suggesting that the package did the mentioning.
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